Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition's enthusiasm for royal commissions seems to be limited to royal commissions into banks. We have had two royal commissions into the Australian building sector—the Cole royal commission and the Heydon royal commission—and each of them has said that we need to have the rule of law applying in the construction sector. Hundreds of examples have been presented. Indeed, there are over 100 members of the CFMEU—officials—before the courts on over 1,000 breaches of industrial law, and every day small business men and women—tradies—are not able to get a start on union jobs. Jobs that should be built—hospitals, schools, roads and buildings that should be constructed at a price the taxpayer can afford—we know are priced out of the market by the demands and the lawlessness of the CFMEU. The Leader of the Opposition is an apologist for them. No matter how much evidence is presented, he refuses to confront it.

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