Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I will. Only yesterday, Nigel Hadgkiss, the Fair Work Building and Construction Director, said he had identified more than 500 projects, in receipt of $50 billion in federal funding, which are at risk of running over budget and time unless legal abuses in the industry end. It pains me to say that unlawful conduct in Australia's construction industry is still a deplorable state of affairs.

In this environment, Daniel Andrews, the Leader of the Opposition in Victoria, wants to rip up Victoria's building code. In spite of all the warnings from former royal commissioners and from the Fair Work Building and Construction Commission, he wants to rip up Victoria's building code and put John Setka back in charge of running Victoria—the head of the CFMEU. He went so far as to stand next to representatives of the CFMEU in 2012 when he announced that he would rip up Victoria's building code.

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

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