No. Never let the law get in the way of snouts-in-the-trough though. If you analyse the growing Industry funds since the mid 90s you will see an clear trend.
How do you define an employer? ACTU employs staff as does every union in each industry....
Relatives of unionists own companies working in the same industry coincidentally. So do unaligned employers who don't want 'issues'.
Reality most Industry funds are controlled by the ACTU. Just think about some of the deals that were unearthed over the last 5 years where new wage deals were actually a worse outcome for workers but agreed to by the respective union/ACTU rep & employer's group. Quid Pro Quo.
Hint: Do a search for which Industry funds use IFM as their consultant....
So, there's potentially a lot of firepower out there if Industry funds decide to invest 9 weeks of inflows to resurrect
Virgin Australia.
Yes, that's all it would represent for the Top Ten Industry funds - almost a rounding error.