Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

If there is any legislation or area of it that shows the difference between this side of the parliament and the other side of the parliament, it is legislation that deals with fair work. We have on this side of the parliament a group of members who are committed to fairness, to equity and to ensuring that all Australians have a fair go, whereas those on the side of the parliament, who, as we just heard from the shadow Treasurer, see people as lifters and leaners. I hate to say it, but those on the government benches tend to think of workers as just being leaners. Madam Deputy Speaker—

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