Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the current strike action by Qantas maintenance workers, which affects tens of thousands of Australians and international visitors, and to the fact that the maintenance workers’ agreement expired 18 months ago, in December 2006, but no strike action was taken until shortly after last year’s election. What is it about the Rudd government policies that has encouraged this and other unions to wait until after the election before taking strike action under this government?

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