The number of complaints about the Queensland Building and Construction Commission QBCC or its board has doubled in the past year, and one investigation has been launched, according to the state's corruption watchdog.
CCC chair Bruce Barbour presented the figures at a budget estimates hearing at Queensland Parliament on Wednesday.
The details and nature of the complaints are not known.
It would not be appropriate to discuss any specific matters that are currently, or may be currently before the commission, according to Mr Barbour, who spoke to the committee.
In the past year, we've received 30 complaints about the QBCC and the board.
This was an increase from 16 in the previous year. The majority of the complaints came from the QBCC, another four were made by members of the public, and two were self-generated by the CCC.
One matter of the 30 complaints is currently being investigated by the corruption watchdog, according to Barbour.
Another nine are currently subject to a review and monitoring by the CCC. 11 were referred back to the QBCC, and eight were deemed to require no further action, he said.
One of the nine matters selected for monitoring has resulted in the dismissal of the subject officer.
Two matters were not substantiated managerially, and five matters are ongoing. Shadow Public Works Minister Tim Mander called the tally of complaints an astonishing figure. The CCC said this morning that somebody is under investigation. Minister De Brenni needs to make sure that person is standing down while the process takes place, he said.
He needs to make sure that a royal commission is nothing short of a royal commission, which will allow whistleblowers to speak freely. At a media conference, Public Works Minister Mick De Brenni said it was the first time he had heard of the number of complaints.
When you make a complaint, they're certainly not briefed to me, he said.
Asked if the numbers concerned him, he said no, and hit out at the Opposition, accusing it of waging a campaign against the QBCC.
I have no concerns about the regulators -- the men and women who work there -- I'm sure they're doing a good job, he said.
In June, a damning report on the effectiveness of the QBCC recommended sweeping reforms to overhaul the troubled regulator after finding its organisational structure and processes were not fit for purpose.