Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Well, you probably were in business too. But certainly you are beholden to your union mates.

It is unfortunate they are going around scaremongering about this particular piece of legislation. This bill is another way in which we are getting on with the job of fixing up the mess we unfortunately inherited after six years of Labor. But it is not we as a coalition who inherited it; the nation inherited it, and we do not need to continue with that mess. That is why we are getting on with the job of fixing up the awful mess we were left with.

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