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

Despite the overwhelming evidence of CFMEU corruption, Victoria's Labor alternative Premier, Daniel Andrews, continues to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the corrupt CFMEU and Mr Setka. Mr Andrews has vowed to tear up the Victorian construction code of practice simply to appease Mr Setka and his CFMEU paymaster. Earlier today esteemed jurist Terence Cole indicated that abolishing the code would signal that the Victorian government was not concerned about enforcing the rule of law in the building industry. To quote:

Only a political party in thrall to the building unions would contemplate abolishing a state's building code.

A Setka-Andrews government in the thrall of the CFMEU cannot be trusted to protect Victoria's workplaces. It cannot be trusted to form the next government of Victoria. (Time expired)