Government agrees to opposition demands including minimum administration period of three years for construction union, Michaelia Cash says
On Monday the shadow workplace relations minister, Michaelia Cash, said the government had agreed to key demands, including a minimum administration period of three years with powers for the administrator to permanently ban officials, down from five years as first proposed by Labor.
Last week, the Coalition combined with the Greens in the Senate to prevent Labor bringing the bill to a vote.On Monday in question time Burke lashed them for that decision, suggesting former Victorian construction secretary John Setka might celebrate with tattoos between his knuckles reading L-O-V-E P-E-T-E Dutton.
After the deal, the Greens leader, Adam Bandt, accused Labor of working with the “anti-union, anti-worker Liberals” instead of the Greens to pass legislation that “means that if there is a change of government, Michaelia Cash could appoint Tony Abbott to be administrator of one of Australia’s most significant unions”.
“We will establish an independent process to investigate any credible allegations of wrongdoing,” Smith wrote to members on 15 July.
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