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

As I said, just this week yet again, we have been made aware of further rorts and rip-offs. In Australia, there are 47 unions and 63 employer groups representing two million members—that is, two million hardworking Australians. It is incumbent upon this parliament to ensure that the interests of these hardworking Australians are protected.

None of these hardworking Australians who hand over considerable amounts of money to their organisations deserve the leaders of those organisations to then treat their money and their organisations as their personal piggy banks. These organisations have annual revenue in excess of $1.5 billion. They have ownership or control of assets of around $2.5 billion. They have tax-exempt status, and we deserve only the very best from them. (Time expired)