Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Durack for her question. She, like me and like everybody on this side of the House, actually wants to end the thuggery, the intimidation, of the union movement in the workplace here in Australia—unlike the other side of the House, which has been prepared to tolerate that kind of behaviour from the union movement on worksites around Australia. In fact, the Leader of the Opposition wanted to 'bottle a bit of the spirit' of the Maritime Union of Australia last year. That is what he said about the way the Maritime Union of Australia behaves. He said, 'I wish we could bottle a bit of the spirit here,' at the conference he spoke to two years ago.

This side of the House actually takes thuggery and intimidation and illegal behaviour on work sites in Australia seriously, and that is why—

Ms Chesters interjecting—

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