Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

It was our old charmer the Leader of the Opposition, National President of the ALP, National Secretary of the AWU and state secretary to the AWU when these payments were made.

It was probably all very coincidental. There is every chance that it was just a coincidence. But the Leader of the Opposition could put that all beyond doubt by supporting the Australian Building and Construction Commission. This week in the Senate the Leader of the Opposition could show that he is not the cat's paw or a wholly owned subsidiary of the union movement. He could support the Australian Building and Construction Commission. He missed his chance on the Registered Organisations Commission but he still has the chance this week to prove that all of those unfortunate matters unveiled by the trade union royal commission had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with him by putting his money where his mouth is and supporting reform of building and construction in Australia.

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