MOTIONS › Australian Building and Construction Commission
Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (12:59): I move: That the Senate— (a) recognises the positive contribution to productivity, inflation, gross domestic product and days lost through industrial action of the Australian Building and Construction Commission; and (b) affirms the need for a tough cop on the beat with power to compel information in order to keep the building and construction industry free of thuggery, intimidation and illegality. Question put. The Senate divided. [13:02] (The President—Senator Hogg) Senator Wong did not vote, to compensate for the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Coonan. Question negatived.