Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth) Share this | Hansard source

It gives me no particular pleasure to follow the member for Corio in this debate on the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 and the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Bill 2009. The member for Corio’s predecessor was somewhat more colourful and more passionate when he got up in this House to speak on issues that were of concern to him and his electorate. But I do not blame the member for Corio in doing what has to be done when you come from his background and when you get the sort of factional union support that he had to get to be fortunate enough to get preselected for the seat of Corio.

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