Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I thank the Leader of the Opposition for precisely proving my point for me. Let me say this to the Leader of the Opposition: if the pilots or the transport workers or the licensed aircraft engineers or any other pivotal part of Qantas's workforce had walked off the job at 2 pm on Saturday and grounded flights at 5 pm on Saturday I would have uttered every same word of criticism as I have uttered of Qantas, and I would have taken the matter to Fair Work Australia, and I would have sought to have the industrial action terminated.

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