"Politically motivated witch hunt" - CFMEU

Come on Tone, do you actually think we can't see through this? This extraordinary attack on workers in unions by Abbott has expanded with the announcement by the gov of a Royal Commission into union corruption. Fine, anyone who's broken the law can deal with the consequences. But why doesn't the terms of reference include criminal behaviour that may be carried out by management as well? What about business practices that could endanger lives on building sites? How about an investigation into them as well?

Oh that's right........ "union bosses, union bosses, union bosses....... bla...." 

From the CFMEU site:

The terms of reference of the Royal Commission announced today by the Abbott Government confirm it is a politically-motivated witch-hunt designed to weaken unions, says the ACTU. 

ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said the terms of reference released by Prime Minister Tony Abbott show the narrow focus of the Royal Commission is to smear and damage unions rather than get to the bottom of any genuine issues of corruption. 

Mr Oliver said the timing of the announcement on a day when 2500 employees of Toyota were told their jobs would go demonstrated that the Abbott Government’s priorities are all about politics and not about workers. 

“The Abbott Government has chosen today to announce a $100 million political inquiry to try to weaken unions when it should be dealing with a national jobs crisis,” Mr Oliver said. 

“Today, the Cabinet should have been discussing how to stem the loss of jobs caused by the Government’s lack of an industry planning. 

“It should have been discussing aid for people who have lost properties because of bushfires, and relief for farmers from the drought. 

“Instead, it has put politics ahead of the national interest and embarked on a $100 million frolic which is aimed at damaging unions and digging the government out of a hole. 

“Tonight, there are another 2500 Australian workers staring down the barrel of unemployment, but they have been totally ignored by the Prime Minister. more