Master Builders NSW wishes Michael Crosby well as he departs CFMEU NSW to take over as the new Administrator of the CFMEU.

Matthew Pollock, Executive Director of Master Builders NSW said, "We sincerely thank Mark Irving KC for his efforts in attempting to bring the rule of law to a notoriously corrupt and unlawful union. That was never going to be an easy job.

"We also wish Karma Lord well as she takes over the running of the CFMEU NSW. NSW is fortunate in that we have traditionally been spared the worst excesses of union corruption and associated violence, but we shouldn’t fool ourselves that we are somehow immune to the problems that plague our industry. Utes and houses have been set on fire in NSW as well.

"The problems that the building industry faces are not new, they have been well documented over many years and three royal commissions. Those royal commissions all noted that there was a clear and effective answer to these problems. The building industry must have a constant, dedicated, and powerful regulator otherwise corrupt and criminal behaviour will always return.  With the Australian Building and Corruption Commission (ABCC) we had that effective regulator, and it worked.  The ABCC forced industry to the right thing. The ABCC was only abolished because it was working. It was stopping the endless rip off the Australian taxpayer suffers when public money is stripped away from hospitals, roads and other vital infrastructure and into the pockets of criminals.

"At the end of the day, the CFMEU Administration is a good step, but it is not the only step that should be taken. At the commencement of the Administration process, Master Builders released a detailed submission, Breaking Building Bad, which included several reforms to the Law and regulatory frameworks required to clean up the industry. We need these reforms implemented for the administration to have any chance in affected lasting cultural change.

"We also need to ensure the truth come out about the root causes of the corruption which put the CFMEU into administration in the first place. The administration needs to do a better job at getting to the truth and being transparent with its findings. So far, much of what we know about the corrupt dealings of the CFMEU have come from the Inquiry commissioned by the Queensland government. Australian taxpayers are owed the truth and have a right to know where their money is going," Matthew Pollock said.