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

What Senator Abetz was concerned about, what all of us should be concerned about, including the honest and decent members of the Labor Party who sit in the Senate, is the culture of violence, intimidation, criminality and corruption associated with certain rogue elements of the trade union movement and, in particular, with the CFMEU. That is why this government has committed itself to the reintroduction of the Building and Construction Commission to deal with the culture of illegality and unlawfulness and intimidation and violence on workplaces.