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

It is clear as crystal in the email sent by Dean Mighell. When the ALP was on its knees financially the unions swooped in and used their financial power to seek an outcome from the Labor Party, and they got the outcome. So cash for outcomes was the order of the day when the Leader of the Opposition was in charge of this area of policy—$11.1 million from the CFMEU and $4 million from the ETU flowed to the Labor Party, and they got the outcome they wanted. The Leader of the Opposition can prove me wrong. He can prove us all wrong by reversing his position and supporting the ABCC and the ROC. That will prove that he is not the cat's paw of the union. If he does not, unfortunately, he stands condemned.

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