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

What a champion! But the main thing is: the union got paid money; the union got money and one false invoice after another. Let's look at a few of them. What about this—what about ACI Operations? It paid the AWU in Victoria half a million dollars while workers were being laid off at their Spotswood glass plant. What was that money for? Well, we never would have found out that it had even been paid had it not been for the royal commission. This former union boss wants to run the country like the way he ran the AWU—he wants to run the country like he ran a union. That money was taken and was never disclosed. It took the royal commission to find out. And what did the union invoice it as? Paid education leave. What was it used for? To pay off a loan for the union. It was used for the union's own purposes.

Mr Frydenberg interjecting—

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