Liberal/National Coalition
Party policy · Government & integrity
Royal Commission into CFMEU misconduct; budget repair
Sourced, pending editorial review. Policies are summarised from each party's official material and independent sources captured on 10 November 2026. Summaries were compiled by automated research and have not yet been checked by a human editor — open the cited source to confirm.
What is being promised
Establish a royal commission into CFMEU misconduct with a police taskforce, and return the budget to surplus by 2032.
How it is intended to work
Royal commission, new laws and a joint police taskforce; budget measures including a back-office hiring freeze.
Who may be affected
- Construction industry
- Public servants
- Taxpayers
- Announced cost
- Not stated on the source page
- Funding mechanism
- Not stated on the source page
- Proposed timeline
- Budget surplus by 2032
- The Nationals say they will establish a Royal Commission into CFMEU misconduct backed by a joint police taskforce.
- The Nationals say they will return the budget to surplus by 2032 and introduce a real-time budget tracker.
Important uncertainties
- No published Parliamentary Budget Office costing was found as at 10 Nov 2026.
Positions on key approaches
There should be a royal commission into construction-sector misconduct.
Supports. Royal Commission into CFMEU misconduct.
Large corporate political donations should be banned.
No documented position. No position found in captured sources.
Budget transparency should be legislated (e.g. a charter of budget honesty).
Supports. Real-time budget tracker and surplus target.