Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I am very pleased that this royal commission is getting to the bottom of bad behaviour by union officials. Whatsoever they may have done, if it is bad behaviour they are being exposed by this royal commission—and that is the way it should be. Members opposite, if they were fair dinkum for a moment about honest workers and honest unionism, would support the work of this royal commission. I remind the House that already 30 individuals, including 26 union and ex-union officials, have been referred to 11 agencies for possible charges. That is as it should be, because if people have done the wrong thing and broken the law they should be prosecuted, and members opposite should not try to close down this royal commission.

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