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

Last night we saw the Labor Party again standing up for the CFMEU against small business—against mums and dads and individuals in Australia. The Senate last night rejected the Australian Building and Construction Commission bills put up to it by the House of Representatives—not for the first time. In doing so, it set up industrial relations, support for business, support for freedom and support for the rule of law on construction sites as major and central election issues. We are looking forward to fighting an election around the Labor Party's support for the CFMEU, the TWU and the rogues in the union movement. We are looking forward to fighting an election where we are on the side of the rule of law and on the side of the royal commission headed by Dyson Heydon, which found that the CFMEU was a malignancy in the building and construction industry. The building and construction industry, productivity in it, jobs and growth will be central issues at the coming election, whenever that might be held.

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