Amanda Rishworth (Kingston, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would just like to note that the member for Ryan made some interesting comments. I was not entirely sure what he was arguing. He was saying that Work Choices was dead and he did not like our bill, but he did not provide any alternative, so I am not entirely sure what he was arguing for. But I am very pleased tonight to be speaking on the Fair Work Bill 2008. I am also very pleased to have in the chamber tonight the member for Wakefield and the member for Adelaide, who I know fought very hard, as I did, against the extreme Work Choices legislation introduced by the Howard government—

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