Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

It is interesting that they do not want to hear. They want to be part of the allegations, but they make as much noise as possible so as not to hear what an independent inquiry found. This is what the ABCC found:

One of the purposes for taking the action appears to have been to gain publicity for the CFMEU’s views about the new work choice relations laws.

What we have here is the CFMEU being prepared to use the workplace death of a colleague to pull a political stunt, something which is appalling but not surprising. It is not surprising because the President of the ACTU, Sharan Burrow, said last year: ‘I need a mum or a dad of someone who has been seriously injured or killed for my campaign. That would be fantastic.’ That was an appalling statement. We now have another appalling incident.

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