Scott Buchholz (Wright, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Ms Gillard said they would not be amending the right of entry. She said:

If you'd like me to pledge to resign, sign a contract in blood, take a polygraph, bet my house on it, give you my mother as a hostage, whatever you'd like.

And here it is in black and white in the bill before the House. This is a government that you cannot trust. This is a Prime Minister you cannot trust, because at every turn this is a government that is beholden to the union. This bill is all about paying the paymaster:

We will make sure that current right of entry provisions stay. We understand that entering on the premises of an employer needs to happen in an orderly way. We will keep the right of entry provisions.

They walked away from that commitment. The only way that they can honour their word is to have these parts of the bill excised. Those parts of the bill must come out if Labor are to be kept to their word. Based on these promises, it was right to accept that the existing rights-of-entry provisions would be maintained. However, as we know, this is just simply not the case.

There are parts and provisions in this bill which we will adamantly oppose. There are provisions in this act that are not good for our country. There are provisions in this act that at face value are deceitful. There are 100 days left, but the Prime Minister does not need another headline about going back on her word. We have had, 'There will be no carbon tax under a government I lead.' We have had, 'We will deliver a surplus and continued surpluses after that.'

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