Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

The construction sector across this country is already dealing with a very difficult legislative and regulatory environment. In fact, it is one of the most overregulated industries in this country. Every time this government introduces legislation and regulation, it makes builders' and subcontractors'—the same subcontractors who this government wants to drag in, by virtue of this legislation, and take away their true independence as independent contractors—lives more and more difficult, because of the regulatory burdens that this government is trying to introduce.

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