When a union is the subject of allegations, Abbott and his henchmen shout them from the rooftops.
When corporate Australia is accused of crimes or rorts, Liberal laryngitis is the disease du jour.
— Dave Noonan – CFMEU
http://commissionwatch.com.au/boom-boom-boom-fell/
Inconvenient facts keep mucking up the trade union royal commission’s anti-CFMEU storyline.
Tony Abbott’s royal commission tried to build five anti-CFMEU narratives in four days of explosive hearings in Sydney and Melbourne but the foundations were crumbling within hours.
Real-world events, beyond the reach of commission rules and practice directions, challenged the credibility of two key witnesses while the evidence of a third was flatly rejected by fellow employers.
Wall-to-wall media coverage greeted Boral CEO Mike Kane’s call for Australia to enact a US-style union-busting regime.
The Commission had invited the American millionaire to broadcast his demands for sweeping law changes from its Melbourne hearings.
