George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I am. One of those impediments comes from Labor politicians placed in this parliament by those self-same trade union bosses, who speak weasel words and cry crocodile tears about the need for zero tolerance of corruption in the trade union movement. Yet, by their very acts in this parliament, they do everything in their power to prevent that corruption being exposed.

They are people like the former CFMEU official Senator Wong, in her speech to the chamber yesterday, when she said that the Labor Party would have no truck with those involved in corruption and then moved to prevent the chamber from debating the reintroduction of the Building and Construction Commission. They are people like Senator Stephen Conroy, the former Transport Workers' Union official, who said there should be zero tolerance and yet by his every step and every utterance he tries to prevent the investigation. (Time expired)