Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

that a system which is right for public servants is somehow wrong for other people in the Australian workforce?

I do not wish to be personal, but members opposite, and indeed members on this side of the House, if they take parental leave, get paid at their wage. What is wrong with that? Why is it right for the member who asked the question to get parental leave at her wage and wrong for the rest of Australia to get it? I want a system which is fair. I want the same system which applies—

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

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