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

It is clear. I think what has really happened here is that the member for Grayndler has set up the Leader of the Opposition. That is what has happened here. The people's choice has set up the union's choice; that is what has happened. And of course the union's choice is always happy to ask a question that he thinks the MUA wants. Well, again, let me say that as a result of the MUA legislation that was brought in by the member for Grayndler, with the support of the Leader of the Opposition, coastal shipping costs rose by 63 per cent—a 63 per cent increase in the cost of coastal shipping, a halving of the number of Australian ships involved in coastal shipping. Because these people opposite are in thrall to the union movement, they have destroyed jobs in shipping—

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