Senator PAYNE (New South Wales—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women) (14:08): I thank Senator Abetz for his very important question. Through multiple royal commissions we have seen the law-breaking culture that lies at the heart of some registered organisations that simply refuse to play by the rules. The CFMMEU, for example, an organisation very familiar to members opposite, has breached industrial laws alone three times per week, on average, over the course of the last 15 years. Senator Watt interjecting— Senator PAYNE: Your glass jaw is showing, Senator Watt. It has racked up $16.4 million in court ordered penalties from more than 2,100 offences. Just last week, we heard Justice Mortimer of the Federal Court observe the following when imposing yet another fine on the CFMMEU. She said: the CFMMEU appears undeterred by whatever penalties are fixed by this Court for its contraventions. She also observed that continuing to impose fines on the CFMMEU in the hope it will have a deterrent effect 'appears to me to be engaging in something of a fiction.' It's clear that existing deterrents are not working, and that's why this government has introduced the ensuring integrity bill. This bill is designed to target organisations and individuals that fail to take seriously both the privileges and responsibilities arising out of registration or appointment as an officer and who continue to break the law with reckless abandon. The bill, which applies equally to all registered organisations, be they unions or employer organisations, introduces basic standards of behaviour for such organisations and their officials. It will assist in deterring repeated law breaking through the imposition of tougher penalties by the courts. The PRESIDENT: Senator Abetz, a supplementary question?