Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

As Senator Pratt well knows, all political donations are declared, consistent with our laws, openly and transparently through the AEC. I'm not personally aware of ever having solicited or received any donations from Mr Hanssen. But let me make the overall point again: the government condemns all breaches of workplace laws, whether it's by unions, employers or employee groups. Of course, anyone who is guilty of breaching the law should be subject to relevant court action, which is what happened on this occasion. What we are suggesting—and what Labor is obviously fighting against with this line of questioning—is that the courts should have more tools available to deal with consistent breaches of the law by militant unions.