Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

This bill, this matter, this issue of dealing with thuggish, militant unionism is something the Australian people wanted us to address. And I will stand up for them in this place and ensure that we do not back down from the intimidation that has come in seeking to thwart our efforts to ensure that we can bring safety to workplaces by ensuring the thugs get given the punt. That's what we're seeking to do. We stand up for what we believe in.

This matter has been through this place before. It's been in the Senate before. It went through some 15 or 16 hours of debate in the other place. Everybody's position on this is known. We are not going to play the games of the Labor Party, seeking to delay getting union thugs off workplace sites, where they abuse women, where they abuse other fellow Australians. We will not put up with that. The Australian people will not put up with that. We will ensure there is integrity in the workplace to ensure that Australians are kept safe.

We know of cases in Queensland where even union officials would not go on to the sites of other union officials because they would be intimidated by other union officials. The Leader of the Opposition's and the Labor Party's eyes are completely closed to the thuggishness that they support.

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