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

People's life savings should not be bankrolling political movements. This government's registered organisations legislation is a significant step in ensuring that registered organisations are transparent in the same way as companies are transparent. We also have critical legislation in the parliament to prevent corrupting and secret payments between registered organisations and employers and provide full disclosure of legitimate payments that are made.

The AWU's decade-long delay in properly disclosing and now, at the eleventh hour, trying to reclassify a payment from AustralianSuper to Mr Shorten's union, and Mr Shorten's refusal to acknowledge the clear conflict of interest that arises in this context, quite frankly, only raises further questions. Mr Shorten needs to explain how he dealt with these clear conflicts.