Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

It is well known that the building industry, especially in Victoria, suffers the worse extremes of corruption, criminality and thuggery. It is therefore regrettable that the alternative Premier, Mr Daniel Andrews, refuses to condemn, and indeed even embraces, the single greatest proponent of such corruption, the CFMEU. Labor frontbencher Senator Cameron claimed last week that there was no evidence of criminal links with the CFMEU and cast aspersions on Victoria Police assistant commissioner Fontana. Labor is so desperate to defend the CFMEU that it will even stoop to using a frontbencher to attack the credibility of a police assistant commissioner. It is time for Labor—Mr Shorten and Mr Andrews—to stop riding with the outlaws. It is time for them to restore the rule of law and join us in that endeavour.