Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I can. I can inform Senator McKenzie that, on our policy for a registered organisations commission, former Australian Workers Union National Secretary, Paul Howse, has noted: 'I have no issue with coalition policy. There should be zero tolerance for any criminal activity.'

On our plan to bring back the Australian Building and Construction Commission, former ACTU president and Labor cabinet minister, Martin Ferguson, recently said:

It should be seen for what it was: a mechanism that holds both sides to account and which can help deliver projects on time and on budget

In relation to the Fair Work bill, Mr Ferguson said that the reforms are:

… a step in the right direction, they are really quite modest.

Even Professor Andrew Stewart, who was the architect of the Fair Work Act, said it was pretty straightforward and modest. (Time expired)