Cleared worker hits at ABCC

In 2007 building worker Brian Shearer was charged with two counts of threatening to kill, two of threatening to kill a public official and two of assault. It was alleged that Mr Shearer threatened inspectors from the Australian Building and Construction Commission at a construction site in Mill Park on December 6, 2006.

Last year, the then minister for industrial relations, Joe Hockey, said the alleged incident was proof of a "pattern of behaviour" by unions and attacked ALP policy to abolish the watchdog if elected. 

The charges were struck out in the Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday after police decided there was insufficient evidence.

"I'm glad to be moving on with my life ... it's concerning to me that other building workers continue to be at risk of being used as a tool in the campaign to protect the ABCC," Mr Shearer said.