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

The coalition has reforms that are designed to stamp out the kinds of trade union corruption identified in the royal commission interim report. The coalition's Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill establishes a registered organisations commission to ensure that unions are held to the same standards of behaviour as companies and their directors, with the same penalties. It also raises the standards of financial disclosure for unions. The Building and Construction (Improving Productivity) Bill re-establishes the Australian Building and Construction Commission, which was ravaged whilst Mr Shorten was minister, and provides for the creation of a new building code to ensure that construction projects that use taxpayer funding are completed on time, on budget and in accordance with modern industrial law. Now more than ever, Australians deserve these assurances, and that is what we as a government seek to provide. (Time expired)