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Michaelia Cash on the government's push to restore the ABCC - as a tough watchdog on the construction industry
As the government turns up the heat over its Australian Building and Construction Commission legislation, Employment Michaelia Cash reveals to Michelle Grattan she is willing to agree to senator David Leyonhjelm’s call for a sunset clause.
“David has raised that with me and … yes, I would accept an eight-year sunset clause,” she says. She says in that time the ABCC would demonstrably prove its worth in curbing lawlessness in the construction industry and improving productivity.
In the aftermath of the trade union royal commission, Cash talks about a restored ABCC’s powers, proposed revamped…
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