Andrew Robb (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade and Investment) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question but also indicate that it is a very important question, especially given the inconvenience and the insult experienced by 60,000 householders in his electorate yesterday afternoon, who were subjected again to deceitful robocalls from the most discredited union in Australia. The significance of this question is that it goes to the heart of claims against the China deal that we have heard from those opposite and endlessly from the CFMEU—in particular, the claim that labour market testing is not required for $150 million plus infrastructure projects. The truth is: our investment facilitation agreements—the IFAs—contain far more stringent safeguards than existed previously.

Ms Chesters interjecting —

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