Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

You do not! In relation to Senator Williams's question, interestingly the CFMEU have a new campaign. It is called 'Stand Up. Speak Out'. However, this campaign does not apply to those in the union who choose to speak out on their concerns about senior union officials. For example, a Mr Brian Fitzpatrick stood up and spoke out against questionable union dealings with one George Alex. The royal commission found that Mr Fitzpatrick then received a death threat from one Mr Darren Greenfield, which was described as follows:

You have gone too far this time you—

expletive—

fat—

expletive—

You’re dead!! I’m going to kill you!!

You understand?! I don’t care how many police you’ve got with you, [I'm coming over there tomorrow and] I am going to kill you!!

You’re dead!!

The royal commission also found that there was:

… the failure on the part of senior [CFMEU] officials to undertake any proper and considered investigation into the incident, and the subsequent victimisation of the complainant by those same officials …

What is so startling about the example that I just gave is that Mr Greenfield remains an official of the CFMEU, but—guess what?—Mr Fitzpatrick does not.