Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

My recollection was that it was the government that acted to have an administrator appointed to the HSU East Branch of the Health Services Union. Minister Shorten has made clear the reasons for that, which included, obviously, the dysfunction in that branch. We did so without the support of the Liberals. The government has also acted to improve the transparency and accountability of registered organisations and the powers of Fair Work Australia to investigate.

I do not have the figures before me about the current appropriation for Fair Work Australia. I can certainly obtain those and provide them on notice to the Senate.