Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the report into CFMEU corruption where the chief investigator found that taxpayer funds were compromised: 'Bribes were being paid here, there and everywhere.' Will the Prime Minister write today to the National Anti-Corruption Commission seeking an urgent investigation into this serious matter to ensure that Commonwealth taxpayer funds have not been misused and that no Commonwealth official has been implicated in these extremely serious findings?

Amanda Rishworth (Kingston, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for her question. The Watson report is an important report that was commissioned by the administrator to help him in the work that he is involved in: cleaning up the CFMEU. Of course, this report was a detailed work that clearly identified issues going from 2012 until the administrator actually took over. Mr Irving has released a detailed statement in response to the report. He will refer the report to the AFP, Victoria Police, the Fair Work Commission and other relevant law enforcement agencies and regulators. Mr Irving has said that this report had been released so authorities can take whatever enforcement action they consider appropriate as the CFMEU enters a new chapter under his leadership.