Paul Scarr (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I'm going to tell you, Senator Watt, about the actions of the CFMEU. I know, Murray, you don't like listening about the CFMEU. You don't like listening to the anecdotes about the CFMEU. There was an article on 10 February in The Australian which said:

Inside the union movement, there is growing frustration that the civil war engulfing the CFMEU is undermining the ACTU's campaign to kill off the Coalition's union-restricting Ensuring Integrity Bill.

There should be growing alarm within the ACTU with respect to the CFMEU and with respect to whether or not the CFMEU's actions are going to result in the ensuring integrity legislation rightly being passed in this parliament. Why? Because the only reason why senators on this side of the chamber, including myself, are advocating for this legislation is the unlawful conduct of the CFMEU. It is not union-busting legislation. It is legislation to protect workers and small-business owners from the CFMEU's intimidation, harassment, bullying and extortion tactics.

Last week in the adjournment debate I referred to a case where a Federal Court judge referred to the actions of the CFMEU—