Legislation to dismantle the Australian Building and Construction Commission has passed the House of Representatives.
The Government plans to replace the Commission with a new agency to oversee the building industry.
Unions are angry the new watchdog will still have coercive powers to compel workers to answer questions.
The legislation will now go to the Senate.
The Greens want the building industry watchdog scrapped altogether, but Greens MP Adam Bandt says he still voted for the bill.
"We were able to get some amendments which we think on balance are better than the status quo," he said.
"But we just need to be clear that we wanted to get rid of the coercive powers.
"The numbers were there in Parliament, and the only reason they've stayed is because Labor wants them."
Reacting to the bill's passage through the Lower House, Coalition Senator Eric Abetz said the new laws "will give the green light to illegality and thuggery at building sites around the country."
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, industrial-relations, business-economics-and-finance, building-and-construction, australia First posted February 16, 2012 12:39:33 Wright By:kevin,Tags:ed hardyed hardy clothingChristian Audigier
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