Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for her question. I'm asked about the Federal Court, the CFMEU and the ABCC. This is what the Federal Court did in 2017 that I'm aware of: it blasted the ABCC for wasting time and taxpayers' money on prosecuting two CFMMEU officials for—to quote from the Federal Court decision—'having a cup of tea with a mate'. This is what Justice North of the Federal Court described it as: 'a miniscule, insignificant affair'. And then Justice North said this: 'This is all external forces that are beating up what's just a really ordinary situation that amounts to virtually nothing.' That's the Federal Court's ruling in the decision. And then this Federal Court justice, Justice North, said this: 'For goodness sake, I don't know what this inspectorate is doing.' And he went on to say this.

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