The government vowed to shut the Australian Building and Construction Commission. But the agency is still launching court cases against its key opponent, construction union the CFMMEU.
Those previously secret documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information process, added to controversy about the agency.
Mr McBurney denied there was anything untoward about that and subsequent meetings, saying they were about the caretaker period ahead of the election.Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has labelled the controversial union-busting agency "totally unnecessary" and has restricted its powers.But that has not stopped the commission again taking on its key foe, the CFMMEU.Even if it fails, the government has indicated it will defund the agency, killing it.
"Yet conservative politicians and their fellow travellers in parts of the media continue to repeat these false claims as fact. "On occasion, proceedings are resolved before the court is required to determine liability, meaning that respondents make certain admissions about their unlawful conduct and their contraventions of workplace laws.