Labor rewriting history again
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 18:50
This evening when debating Labor’s bill to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission, Labor decided to attempt to rewrite history.
“It’s important that we have a full debate based on facts,” Senator Abetz said today.
“Fact – the Australian Building and Construction Commission was formed following a Royal Commission.”
“Fact – It has delivered real results. The ABCC has helped the building and construction industry to increase productivity by 10 per cent, provide an annual economic welfare gain of $5.5 billion dollars per year; reduce inflation by 1.2 per cent, increase GDP by 1.5 per cent and The number of working days lost annually per 1,000 employees in the construction industry has fallen from 224 in 2004 to 24 in 2006. At the same time, building costs have fallen by 20-25% and long project delays have been dramatically reduced.”
“You just have to look at the last successful Coalition Government programme, the Pacific Solution, that Chris Evans unwound to see what’s in store for the future.”
“Labor’s plan is just another prong in their attempt to ensure they secure union funding for the next election.”
“The biggest safeguard for workers in the industry and to stop illegality, violence and thuggery is the ABCC and Labor want to scrap it.”
“Time for Labor to get serious and stop this self serving cash grab,” Senator Abetz concluded.
