LABOR NEWS • 18TH JANUARY 2016
The Trade Union Royal Commission’s report is reportedly going to be shared with select Senate cross-benchers, documents that Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon AC QC has expressly stated should remain confidential.
The government’s plan to reveal secret volumes to select Senate cross-benchers of its Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) reports is another sign of the Liberals’ attack on workers, and a blatant sign of disrespect to Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon.
Labor’s shadow attorney general Mark Dreyfus QC today accused the Liberal government of once more using the TURC as a “political plaything”.
“It’s a a cynical attempt to win support for the government’s crackdown on workers’ rights,” Dreyfus said.
“Reports indicate the government will reveal secret volumes of their Royal Commission’s reports, but only to select Senate cross-benchers.
“The government is set to ignore the insistence of its own Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon that these volumes should remain confidential,” he said.
Shadow employment and workplace relations minister Brendan O’Connor said it was clear the government only respected the Royal Commission’s findings when it suited its immediate political interests.
“They can’t have it both ways,” O’Connor said.
“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,” he added.
The Trade Union Royal Commission’s report is reportedly going to be shared with select Senate cross-benchers, documents that Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon AC QC has expressly stated should remain confidential.
The government’s plan to reveal secret volumes to select Senate cross-benchers of its Trade Union Royal Commission (TURC) reports is another sign of the Liberals’ attack on workers, and a blatant sign of disrespect to Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon.
Labor’s shadow attorney general Mark Dreyfus QC today accused the Liberal government of once more using the TURC as a “political plaything”.
“It’s a a cynical attempt to win support for the government’s crackdown on workers’ rights,” Dreyfus said.
“Reports indicate the government will reveal secret volumes of their Royal Commission’s reports, but only to select Senate cross-benchers.
“The government is set to ignore the insistence of its own Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon that these volumes should remain confidential,” he said.
Shadow employment and workplace relations minister Brendan O’Connor said it was clear the government only respected the Royal Commission’s findings when it suited its immediate political interests.
“They can’t have it both ways,” O’Connor said.
“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,” he added.
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