Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter

Senator WHISH-WILSON (Tasmania) (14:37): Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Senator Brandis, you have touched on this, but how does the government compare the scale of misconduct in the union movement with that which has been shown to exist within the financial sector? How can the government justify a royal commission into unions but not into one of the banks, when we know, including from a recent Senate inquiry into managed investment schemes, that tens of thousands of Australians have had their life savings taken by dodgy financial planners and institutions?