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

My question is to Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith, whom the Albanese government refused to sack from the CFMEU, despite overseeing an appalling culture of law-breaking, recently said in a letter to CFMEU members: 'Politicians who have never stepped onto a construction site have overwhelmingly stripped away our union's democracy. You are right to be angry about what has happened. I'm angry about what has happened. I will continue to lead this union, serve the members and put your best interests forward. I will not be silent.' Minister, who is actually running the CFMEU at the moment? Is it the administrator, Mark Irving, is it John Setka, who keeps on turning up on government building sites to address CFMEU members, or is it Mr Smith, who has emphatically and publicly told members that he is still in charge?