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

he was not game to stand up to the CFMEU dominated government of Victoria. Yet again, this Leader of the Opposition, this Labor Party, are in thrall to the union bosses and doing the wrong thing by jobs. He always does the wrong thing by workers. We know this because we have seen it in the royal commission that he wants to shut down: example after example after example of this Leader of the Opposition ripping off workers to help himself, ripping off workers to advance his political career. Well, frankly, I think decent, honest members of the Labor Party are awake to this bloke, and decent, honest members of the Labor Party are coming to appreciate that this government are serious when we say that we want to create more jobs. I say to the Leader of the Opposition: it is not too late to redeem yourself. Support our legislation that will make it so much easier for 10,000 jobs to be created in the coal industry in Queensland, for $20 billion worth of investment in coal jobs to go ahead, and for 100 million Indians to get the power, the electricity, the life and the prosperity that they surely yearn for.

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