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

What I can confirm is that many of the allegations have surfaced—and they are appalling allegations—as a result of the administrator's investigations. What I can also confirm is that a number of these events occurred on your watch, when the ABCC was still in place. What I can confirm is that your policy would ensure that those criminal elements could gain control again of that organisation, could be back in workplaces and could be back in the employment circumstance without regulation. What I can confirm is that this would mean that you would be giving the keys to the CFMEU back to Mr Setka and his cronies. We are clear: organised crime has no place in the Australian trade union movement.