The CFMEU covered more than $156,000 of officials’ and members’ fines in a “morally repugnant” practice, an inquiry has heard.

The CFMEU covered more than $156,000 of officials’ and members’ fines in a “morally repugnant” practice, an inquiry has heard.

The Queensland inquiry hears evidence from a forensic accountant who has probed the union’s finances – a focus of this week’s hearing block.