Construction industry: motions

The question put

That this house notes that: (1) the Premier, the Honourable Jacinta Allan MP, supported the strongest possible action to stamp out the rotten culture in the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) and supported Mr Mark Irving KC as administrator; (2) Mr Irving appointed Mr Geoffrey Watson SC to probe into the wrongdoings in the construction sector; (3) Mr Watson alleged on 60 Minutes that: (a) the Premier’s response to the CFMEU corruption scandal in commissioning the independent review into Victoria’s construction sector (the review) amounts to a ‘cover-up’ because ‘It was hopeless. Where it didn’t go was where it needed to go’; (b) the government, including senior bureaucrats and ministers, undoubtedly knew of the corruption and underworld influence on Big Build sites; (c) the government failed to ensure that the review adequately probed Big Build wrongdoing; (d) gangland figures appeared so unconcerned by the government’s response they were still profiting from taxpayers; (4) the government failed to ensure the safety of women on Big Build worksites, where at least three horrific attacks were perpetrated and in all instances victims were blacklisted from all