George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

This is a very important question. Let me come to it directly. The danger is the threat to witnesses. The danger is the threat to the life and wellbeing of witnesses and their families, because one of the shocking things that the Heydon royal commission has discovered is a pattern of conduct of unlawfulness by some trade unionists and some trade union leaders, particularly, though not exclusively, the CFMEU, including serial violence.

Senator Cameron interjecting—