Senate debates

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers

Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption

3:21 pm

Photo of Zed SeseljaZed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

and he was forced to resign. Of course, Bill Shorten's close friend Cesar Melhem, it is claimed, repeatedly issues false invoices. We have seen that the construction company Boral suffered a 75 per cent reduction in its market share after refusing to comply with the CFMEU's unlawful demands.

We have seen the exposure of Bill Shorten, and this is where the sensitivity is. Bill Shorten has been exposed, depriving workers of penalty rates, public holiday pay, overtime and shift loadings, in his dealings with some companies. All the while his union was getting payments.

Senator Carol Brown interjecting—

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