Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his commitment of two years and five months ago to sever all ties between the Australian Labor Party and the militant union bosses Kevin Reynolds and Joe McDonald, leaders of the Western Australian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Engineering Union, and I quote:

… when it comes to the way in which we conduct our political campaigns, we’re not going to obtain campaign finance from such individuals and the parts of the union movement which they represent.

Will the Prime Minister confirm the statement this week by Mr Reynolds that the Western Australian branch of the CFMEU has donated $80,000 a year to the Labor Party since the Prime Minister’s commitment? Will the Prime Minister refund these donations or is this just another Labor broken promise?

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