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| A former Queensland union boss and state Labor powerbroker has been hit with corruption charges after allegedly receiving more than $400,000 of work to his home in return for industrial harmony with a construction giant. | A former Queensland union boss and state Labor powerbroker has been hit with corruption charges after allegedly receiving more than $400,000 of work to his home in return for industrial harmony with a construction giant. |
| David Hanna, 52, was charged on Thursday with soliciting and receiving secret commissions from an agent, after being referred to a joint Queensland and federal police taskforce by the royal commission into trade union governance and corruption. | David Hanna, 52, was charged on Thursday with soliciting and receiving secret commissions from an agent, after being referred to a joint Queensland and federal police taskforce by the royal commission into trade union governance and corruption. |
| Hanna, a former state president of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, is accused of colluding with two former Mirvac managers to organise free renovations on his Cornubia home, south of Brisbane, in 2012 and 2013. | Hanna, a former state president of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, is accused of colluding with two former Mirvac managers to organise free renovations on his Cornubia home, south of Brisbane, in 2012 and 2013. |
| Police allege the work was performed by subcontractors paid to work on other building projects, as part of a deal for CFMEU cooperation with Mirvac over a shopping centre project at Springfield in the city’s south-west. | Police allege the work was performed by subcontractors paid to work on other building projects, as part of a deal for CFMEU cooperation with Mirvac over a shopping centre project at Springfield in the city’s south-west. |
| Former Mirvac Queensland construction director Adam Moore, 53, and project manager Mathew McAllum, 41, were also charged with secret commission offences on Thursday. | Former Mirvac Queensland construction director Adam Moore, 53, and project manager Mathew McAllum, 41, were also charged with secret commission offences on Thursday. |
| The state of Queensland last Friday launched a legal bid to freeze Hanna’s property, estimated to be worth about $1.6m, under the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act. | The state of Queensland last Friday launched a legal bid to freeze Hanna’s property, estimated to be worth about $1.6m, under the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act. |
| A conviction for organising or receiving illegal secret commissions can bring up to seven years in jail. | A conviction for organising or receiving illegal secret commissions can bring up to seven years in jail. |
| Queensland police in a statement said they estimated “the quantum of benefit to the Shailer Park man was in excess of $400,000”. | Queensland police in a statement said they estimated “the quantum of benefit to the Shailer Park man was in excess of $400,000”. |
| Hanna, who quit the Labor party last year, is due to appear in the Brisbane magistrates court on 25 January along with Moore and McAllum. | Hanna, who quit the Labor party last year, is due to appear in the Brisbane magistrates court on 25 January along with Moore and McAllum. |
| Hanna did not return calls. | Hanna did not return calls. |