Senator McGRATH (Queensland—Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) (15:40): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator McGRATH: While the government does not support this motion, it does agree that members should have a say in any decision to merge a registered organisation. That is why the government went to the last election with the commitment to introduce a public interest test. Currently, the Fair Work Commission has very limited ability to do anything other than effectively rubber-stamp a merger approved by just a bare majority of members. It's hard to see how a bare majority was even reached in the current merger of interests between the CFMEU, the Maritime Union and the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union. Less than six per cent of members of the three unions voted in favour of the merger, and CFMEU members were denied the ability to even vote. It is only right that a public interest test applies and that interested parties have their views considered before the Fair Work Commission. Question agreed to.