Maria Kovacic (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Women) | Hansard source

They would say that they are disappointed, that these are not the Greens that they thought they knew. They should feel uncomfortable about it, because it's wrong. I'm not uncomfortable about what an inquiry of this nature would uncover because, if there is criminal conduct, if there is corruption and if there is organised crime involved in our construction sector, we need to get it out. The corruption tax, the CFMEU tax or whatever you want to call it is adding between 15 and 30 per cent to the cost of infrastructure projects, and that is then compounding additional costs into the housing construction sector as well. In a housing crisis, we cannot afford to do that. I say to the Prime Minister again: the standard that you walk past is the standard that you accept, and, if you truly reject organised crime and corruption, you need to act now. (Time expired)