Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Mackellar, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Seniors) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Special Minister of State and Minister for the Public Service and Integrity. I remind the minister of the $267,000 of Health Service Union members' funds that were used in the 2007 Labor campaign for the electorate of Dobell and not declared. What steps has the minister responsible for political parties, unions and associated entities taken to satisfy himself that the Labor Party has in all other respects complied with the Electoral Act in relation to financial support from the Health Services Union in Lindsay and La Trobe?

Gary Gray (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service and Integrity) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow minister for her question. I received the Fair Work Australia report on Monday evening and on Tuesday morning I referred to the Australian Electoral Commissioner questions that were raised in it and asked for advice from the Electoral Commissioner as to whether or not there were any matters that should be considered by the government. The Electoral Commissioner—and the Department of Finance and Deregulation, for that matter—will report back to me on that when they have concluded their investigation.