Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

You are absolutely right; you are not, and that is a very good point. There are very good people in the union movement, and Australia needs a union movement. We on this side do not hate unions. What we hate is union thuggery and union lawlessness. That is what we hate and that is what we will stand up against. We on this side of the House recognise that unions play an important part in this country and we will stand up for them. But we cannot stand and we will not stand for union lawlessness.

Our building code means that if you want to tender for Commonwealth funded work, small businesses must now get a fair go. Those opposite talk about section 11A of the building code but those opposite clearly have not read the note that immediately precedes section 11A. For those interested, which should be the other side, section 11(3)(A) says:

Note: this does not prevent the inclusion of clauses in an enterprise agreement that encourage the employment of apprentices.

You left that off, didn't you? It is ridiculous. Section 457 visas— (Time expired)

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