Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I have never seen so many grasped straws in a row in one question time! There was the first one, and then the second; there will be a third: the Manager of Opposition Business will be up next.

The member for McMahon just said, 'We're not interested in workers referred to in the royal commission; we're interested in the workers of today.' Well, let me remind the honourable member: two weeks ago there were 50,000 workers—self-employed owner drivers—who were out of work, and they were out of work because of a crooked deal done between a Labor government, represented by the opposition leader when he was minister, and the Transport Workers Union. That is not theory, that is not rhetoric; that is fact. Those men and women had no income—and that was the objective: low-paid workers. The Leader of the Opposition has a track record that should put every low-paid worker in Australia in fear of him forming a government.

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