Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, isn't it true that there are many, many small contractors who are more efficient, who are trying to get into this field and who cannot because they are locked out of a monopoly controlled by the cartel, particularly by the CFMEU's lists? That is the first thing. The second thing is that a non-code-compliant company would be burdened by inefficiencies and rorting. So it would be preposterous that they could be the lowest bidder. This is about protecting workers, small businesses and taxpayers; therefore, we need to ignore what I perceive as Senator Cameron's perception that turns economics on its head.