Crane Services

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Leader of the Opposition) (14:11): My supplementary is to the Premier. Will the Premier reach out to the CFMEU on behalf of Crane Services to try to reach an amicable resolution to this matter?

Mr Brown interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Florey is warned.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Florey is warned for a second time. The Premier has the call.

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Premier) (14:11): I don't think they take my calls, I would say to the Leader of the Opposition.

The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner: They took your money!

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: This is the problem the opposition has in this regard because what they know all too well—and as best as they may try, as well as they may try to paint a picture otherwise—is that my view of industrial relations in this country is very, very different from the CFMEU's. I have a fundamentally different position about the way good IR operates. The opposition may well do their level best to try to suggest otherwise, but it just isn't true, which is why it doesn't resonate. I have never spoken to Mr Setka in my life. I haven't been in receipt—

Mr Tarzia interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Hartley is warned for a second time.

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: The member for Hartley's interjections are a valuable contribution from the government's perspective because they again are not based in fact.

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS: No, the government's perspective. They are not based in fact. I haven't spoken to the CFMEU regarding this, and I am not too sure that my position would be one that would necessarily be welcomed by them.