Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Extreme action not in the national interest will be condemned by this side of the House. Indeed, I said about Mr Purvinas's comments—for example, in the AustralianI was 'very concerned'. I joined criticism of the secretary Steve Purvinas. I said that Mr Purvinas's comments were 'extraordinary' because 'you need a strong company in order to employ people in order to have union members'. I took action. I condemned the extraordinary action. Those on that side of the House did not. The shadow Treasurer, to be fair, did call for intervention earlier, and I would be interested to know what the shadow Treasurer knew and when, and who he was informed by. (Time expired)

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