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House of RepresentativesMonday 28 July 2025

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr TIM WILSON (Goldstein) (14:58): My question is to the Prime Minister—or this guy. The Albanese Labor government decided not to deregister— Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! I don't even know what that was.

Mr Burke: On a point of order, there are times when abuses of the standing orders are by people who know it's an abuse yet are completely deliberate. I put to you that this is one of those times. The SPEAKER: When we address each other, we address each other by titles, without descriptors.

It's just about showing a level of respect and decency. The member is going to be called again. He won't use that sort of terminology when he is ever asking a question again; otherwise, we'll just move to the next question.

Mr TIM WILSON: The question is to the Prime Minister. The Albanese Labor government decided not to deregister the out-of-control CFMEU and to instead appoint an administrator. Now CFMEU boss Michael Crosby has called on his union to break into the New South Wales residential building sector, saying: … the builders who are going to get that state government money are not our builders … the challenge for us is we've got to get into that non-union sector.

Will the CFMEU's plan to unionise the New South Wales residential housing sector increase prices or decrease prices?

SourceHouse of Representatives, Monday 28 July 2025 — official recordTA-250728-house-f7311685c66f:s195