Thomson investigation must be brought to a close
Friday, 06 January 2012 11:04
Fair Work Australia must stop dragging their heels on the investigation into Craig Thomson's use of Health Services Union credit cards according to Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Senator Eric Abetz.
Former industrial registrar Doug Williams has described today that the two year delay in the Craig Thomson investigation at Fair Work Australia as "unaccountably protracted" and said that he "would have been exceedingly reticent to allow proceedings to drag on."
"This two year delay is unacceptable. When people report matters to the relevant authority, they expect answers," Senator Abetz said today.
"Mr Williams unprecedented intervention is very serious. When you have the former industrial registrar saying he wouldn't allow this investigation to go on for as long as it has, you know that something is amiss."
"Fair Work Australia must prioritise and finalise their investigation. Members of the Health Services Union are entitled to answers and the public are entitled to know the outcome of the investigation into somebody that is allowing the Gillard Government to limp on."
"The Coalition will demand answers at next month's Senate Estimates. The continual obfuscation that the Coalition has experienced can no longer be justified given the former industrial registrar's unprecedented intervention today," Senator Abetz concluded.
