Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

As I started to say, we have kept our commitment to the Australian people to abolish the ABCC and replace it with a new inspectorate. At the same time as that we have kept our commitment to put in place procedural fairness. Why should a worker who is compelled to attend a hearing not be able to take a lawyer with them to the hearing? Why should a worker not have legal rights? Why should a worker not be able to tell their family, their friends and their union about the interview? Some of the provisions were completely over the top. What we are doing is putting balance back into the system while at the same time ensuring that there is a tough cop on the beat. Activity that is unlawful on those work sites is unacceptable; we stand by that. (Time expired)