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

It was the ABCC which wasn't effective in dealing with this. It was the ABCC which was in place during the period that the sorts of issues that you're referring to continued to worsen, as Senator Cash's question today demonstrates. What I would say is that the administrator has sacked a dozen people. We've seen other places where action has been taken. I've outlined certain funding arrangements which we are putting in place, and we will continue to do what this Prime Minister has been very clear about, which is that we will stand up against corruption, intimidation and organised crime inside the labour movement.