Tim Wilson (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

The minister has failed the Australian community, and whistleblowers are saying that corruption is running rife under the solution that is currently legislated, that she is oversighting and that she is backing to the hilt, and is saying the strongest possible course of action is needed. When it comes down to it, when you acknowledge a failure like the failure of the Administrative Review Tribunal and you're prepared to amend the legislation to acknowledge that, maybe it's time to look at other institutions and artifices that you have introduced and try to fix those as well.

So, now this is a teaching moment, not just about the failure of the member for Isaacs but about the legacy of Senator Murray Watt and of course the current operations of the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. But we know full well that there will be no action by this government, for a simple reason: too many people on the other side of this chamber right now are tainted and directly connected to the misconduct that is leading to a situation that they want to perpetuate. There is a real need now for this parliament to stand up and call out the conduct that is leading to corruption on Australian worksites, and we are going to continue to prosecute this argument every step of the way. I hope the Prime Minister and others will call out this conduct and improve the standing for the Australian community.

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