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

Unfortunately, yes, I am. In September last year, $272,500 in fines were imposed on the CFMEU and its officials Chad Bragdon and Anthony Kong for breaching right of entry laws at the Sydney Domestic Airport site in 2013. The two CFMEU officials had stopped a concrete pour, which they did not have the power to do. They also refused to produce their right of entry permits and, when asked to identify himself, Mr Kong said he was crocodile hunter Steve Irwin. The Federal Court rejected the officials' excuse that they were on site for safety reasons, stating:

They behaved in a manner which was abusive and misleading. Their conduct can only be described as contemptuous of the limits to their power and the people on site with whom they were dealing.