Sam Birrell (Nicholls, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am shocked. I'm a naive first-termer! I was shocked that the Greens would come in here and say: 'There's nothing to see here. The CFMEU are fine. There's no bullying. There's no thuggery.' And it looks like they're going to oppose the bill. We'll wait to see when the vote happens. But it just shows you where the Greens' priorities are. They're interested in talking about housing, but they're not interested in doing anything that would reduce the costs of construction, which flow on into the residential sector. Of course the CFMEU's actions have increased the costs of construction, and of course that has led to increased costs in residential housing.

See this speech in context