Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Why did the Liberal Party, which was in government in New South Wales and federally, do nothing to investigate these allegations?

Senator Cash, you were minister, I think, in September of that year, when those allegations were made public. Why did you do nothing about those allegations? Why is it that the Heydon royal commission, which was set up by the coalition, did nothing to investigate those allegations?

The Prime Minister has taken stronger action against the CFMEU than any prime minister or any minister has. As much as you might like to try and tell us that you were tough on the CFMEU, it is the Prime Minister who has put the construction division into administration—stronger action than any government has ever taken—and of course the Prime Minister, as leader, expelled John Setka from the Labor Party. (Time expired)