Greg Combet (Charlton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) Share this | Hansard source

I withdraw. I am very proud that, in that dispute with James Hardie, the law firm in which the Prime Minister was once a partner, Slater and Gordon, which has been the subject of some discussion in recent times, acted as my legal advisers. In fact, that firm and many other labour law firms have worked very hard over numerous years to fight for compensation for asbestos victims.

On the other side of the chamber, the deputy opposition leader of course acted for a company against victims, to oppose their compensation. She acted for a company that had this to say in 1977: 'Even if the workers die like flies, they will never be able to pin anything on CSR.' That is who you acted for.

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