Inquiry commissioner Stuart Wood, KC, criticises police handling of a CFMEU blockade linked to Centenary Bridge upgrade works. Across reports from multiple outlets, Wood says police sided with people he characterises as lawbreakers after a truck carrying steel for the project was turned away. He frames the situation as a “rule of the mob,” asserting that officers did not act to uphold the law in the circumstances described. The reports attribute the comments to Wood and focus on his assessment of police conduct during the incident involving the blockade. While the accounts agree on the central allegation—that the truck carrying steel was stopped and that Wood views the police response as inappropriate—they do not add materially differing details about the broader investigation, the specific police actions taken, or the legal findings. The coverage is therefore largely consistent in describing Wood’s criticism and the immediate context of the Centenary Bridge upgrade materials being diverted amid industrial action.