Construction industry "thugs" have been put on notice they will face a lonely time when appearing before a powerful inquiry into their embattled union.

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In his opening address to an inquiry into the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, counsel assisting Liam Kelly KC pledged those who ruled the industry by intimidation would be held to account.

"Those packs of thugs ... may learn the difference between ganging up on innocent and vulnerable people and learning the loneliness that one experiences when one is in the witness box," he said on Wednesday.

The Queensland government called the inquiry in July after the publication of

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