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

Trade unions claim to be representing their workers. They are fiduciaries; they are in a positon of trust. We say, and the law will say, that they cannot take payments from the people with whom they are negotiating on behalf of their members. And that is the point. It is about accountability; it is about honesty; it is about integrity. The fact that the member for Isaacs stoops so low shows what a raw nerve we have hit. The one thing the Leader of the Opposition will not do is say what the half-a-million dollars was really for—what the $300,000 was really for or what the $32,000 was really for. He can set everybody's mind at rest: if he is so proud of this record let him tell the truth.

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