It gets stronger
In a substantial defeat for the CFMEU, the Turnbull government will seek today to amend and toughen the Australian Building and Construction Commission law passed late last year by restoring the critical provisions it was forced to remove because of demands by senator Derryn Hinch.
This follows a decisive change of mind over the summer holidays by Senator Hinch. The impact will be to inject sharper teeth into the law.
It will help those companies that have defied the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union over the past two years and were disadvantaged by the Hinch concessions that infuriated the government and offered the CFMEU critical gains.
A range of crossbench senators confirmed last night that the Turnbull government had the numbers to change the law back to its original intent.
This will be a substantial win for Malcolm Turnbull and Employment Minister Michaelia Cash, and gives the government the chance to transform conditions in the building industry.
“Over the summer break, I spoke to a lot of people, subcontractors and middle-sized construction companies,” Senator Hinch told The Australian
