Former transport official alleges CFMEU stalked her children in intimidation campaign

Amanda Yeates, who previously served as deputy director-general of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, appeared before Queensland’s commission of inquiry into alleged union misconduct and recounted a pattern of intimidation by the CFMEU. She said former deputy leader Jade Ingham made unsolicited comments between March and May 2022 that indicated he knew where her children were, including naming a netball game and the exact street where her daughter caught a bus.

The family responded by having an older sibling drive the child to school, a change the union allegedly noted. Yeates also reported repeated verbal attacks, including being called “incompetent,” “lazy,” and a derogatory term multiple times by Ingham and Michael Ravbar. She resigned from the public service to protect her family and avoided filing a police report due to fear of retribution. Counsel assisting the inquiry described the conduct as “disturbing, creepy and inexcusable,” while Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie called the allegations “disturbing.”