THE HON MARK DREYFUS QC MP
SHADOW ATTORNEY-GENERAL
SHADOW MINISTER FOR THE ARTS
MEMBER FOR ISAACS
THE HON BRENDAN O'CONNOR MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS
MEMBER FOR GORTON
GOVERNMENT STILL PLAYING POLITICS WITH THEIR ROYAL COMMISSION
The Liberal Government is once more using their Trade Union Royal Commission as a political plaything.
Reports today indicate that the Government will reveal secret volumes of their Royal Commissions reports only to select Senate cross-benchers.
In a cynical attempt to win support for their crackdown on workers rights, the Government is set to ignore the insistence of its own Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon that these volumes should remain confidential.
Apparently the Government only respects the Royal Commissions findings when it suits their immediate political interests.
But they can't have it both ways.
If Malcolm Turnbull wants to rely on these secret volumes to make the case for his legislation, he must provide them to all sides of the Parliament and potentially other interested parties.
SATURDAY, 16 JANUARY 2016
