Michael Sukkar (Deakin, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

He can speak on the bill if he wants to speak, and it's very instructive that Labor members are very happy to have their conversations and talk quietly amongst themselves until the connection between them and the CFMEU is drawn to the House's attention. The minute that happens, great offence is taken and we get this clownish behaviour, with someone who has probably never opened that book before in his life. Running a protection racket for the CFMEU is ingrained in what they do because every single one of them benefits from the CFMEU. To the decent people in the Labor Party—of which I know there are many—I'd say: the money that you take from the CFMEU is money that's taken out of the pockets of first home buyers in this country. That is the eternal shame of the Labor Party. It's a disgrace that you would aid and abet the CFMEU for so many years. You've been called out now and—Deirdre Chambers—you're all very surprised about the CFMEU, like it's some huge, massive shock to each and every one of you when you watched the Channel 9 reporting on the CFMEU.

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