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

just as we stood up for the owner-drivers who are being put out of business—35,000 of them—by legislation introduced by the Leader of the Opposition when he was in government, at the behest of the Transport Workers Union. That was its deliberate intent: to put hardworking Australian business men and women out of business. And, of course, after the parliament came back after the election, we were able to amend the Fair Work Act to protect 60,000 volunteer firefighters in Victoria who, again, a Labor government was seeking to subordinate to another militant union—in that case, the UFU. And, once again, we saw the Labor Party in this parliament and the Leader of the Opposition, a former union boss, standing up for his fellow union bosses. He has sold the members of trade unions down the river again and again. Whether it is at Chiquita Mushrooms or Cleanevent or here in this parliament, we are standing up for the members of the unions. We are ensuring they have accountable, honest processes in their unions managing their billions. Their billions of dollars managed by these organisations will, henceforth, be conducted transparently and with full accountability.

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