Steve Irons (Swan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

He has advice not to. The coalition has taken this policy to two elections and has a mandate to bring it before this House. In the government's policy to improve the Fair Work laws, the coalition government committed to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission to once again ensure the rule of law and productivity on commercial building sites and construction projects, whether on-shore or off- shore. I am sure we will hear from many other speakers on the other side of the chamber who will look after the unions and the practices I have just described. So I support the bill and hope that it is passed by the parliament.

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