QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator HUME (Victoria—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:12): My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Media reports confirm that labour hire firms linked to Victoria's Big Build, which the Commonwealth is funding, have continued to pay criminal underworld figure Mr Mick Gatto for access to worksites. This has occurred under the CFMEU administration that Labor said would fix the rot.

What steps has the government taken to determine whether any of these companies were working on Commonwealth funded projects?