If Campbell Newman was really worried about any links between the CFMEU and bikies, why would he appoint the union's boss to a plum board position?

And not any union boss, but a union chief that the counsel assisting the royal commission into trade unions Jeremy Stoljar, SC, has since submitted should face criminal charges.

David Hanna is a bigwig in the CFMEU; the same union Campbell Newman worries is funnelling bikie money through to the ALP.

"It's time for the CFMEU to open their books," Campbell Newman said. "... Let's be very clear. The bikies have said that they back the Labor Party. The links between the bikies and the CFMEU are absolutely clear ..."