UNION WITCH HUNT COSTS TAXPAYERS $1.3 MILLION

Scott Morrison’s discredited union regulator has wasted another $344,881 of taxpayers’ money on its botched witch hunt against the Australian Workers Union.

The Registered Organisations Commission has now wasted more than $1.3 million on its politicised pursuit of the AWU, according to evidence at Senate Estimates today.

And it’s already planning to waste more – signalling a possible High Court appeal if its current appeal fails.

A year ago the Federal Court quashed the ROC’s investigation into the AWU, finding there were no “reasonable grounds” for it and the Commissioner had acted “based on a suspicion”.

The ROC was fatally compromised by this ruling. It was their first major investigation and they botched it completely.

But instead of abandoning this ridiculous case they decided to double down and waste even more money on an appeal.

As we head towards a trillion dollars of Liberal debt the Government plans to borrow more to fund this toxic campaign, treating taxpayers’ money as if it was their own.

The Australian public simply cannot have any faith in the ROC’s competence or its impartiality.

It’s a biased and politicised anti-worker body set up by the anti-worker Liberals and Nationals for the sole purpose of attacking unions – the organisations that fight for secure jobs, better wages and safer workplaces.

TUESDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2020