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

I do not. Many senior union officials support the need to ensure the financial integrity of trade unions. Now, I wonder who said:

If you're a crook, you're a crook …

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I can't understand why the penalties in the Corporations Act weren't pushed through when the government—

the Labor government—

legislated …

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I have no issue with the coalition policy.

Now, I wonder who said that? Everybody on that side knows who said it: none other than the former national secretary of the Australian Workers Union, Paul Howes. And I wonder who said this in relation to registered organisations:

… where an individual is found to have done the wrong thing and it's established in court, then there should be appropriate penalties commensurate with a breach of trust that these actions represent.

And you know who said that? Mr Shorten. (Time expired)