Senate debates

Thursday, 2 July 2026

Committees

Electoral Matters Joint Committee; Report

4:04 pm

Photo of Ross CadellRoss Cadell (NSW, National Party, Shadow Minister for Water) | Hansard source

Responding to interjections is allowed in the rulings, and the interjection was clear in that I would regret saying this. There's another implied threat through you, Acting President.

A government senator interjecting—

Here we go; we hear more, so let's go down this path. When we have the CFMEU accused of taking $15 billion of money out of the coffers of Australians to build infrastructure, when we have people from that organisation charged or being investigated or when we have an administrator come in to run the organisation because things are looking so crook—the feeling of this government is that they should be allowed to exercise their democratic right but people of faith should not. People of faith should not be able to act as a group and come out and seek—

Government senators interjecting—

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