Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Can I just confirm the statement that you had made? You had previously said you were confident that there was no gap or difference between the ABCC and the Fair Work Ombudsman and the powers that could be exercised. You have now gone to saying, if I understand you correctly, there is a difference, so they won't have the same powers and they'll have only the powers of the ABCC that the government believes are not excessive. I'm trying to explore. We were at the stage where you were confident there were no gaps, but now you're actually saying there are gaps. Can I get you to take me through, in particular in relation to gathering of evidence, what powers you believe are excessive, just so I can get a better understanding of that.