Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Before I deal with issues of incompetence from the Manager of Opposition Business, I want to refer, very directly, to some comments that were just made, because I've heard them before and I just challenge people who want to make that argument, that somehow we have used PTSD or used family and domestic violence as cover.

Name one occasion when we have not defended this bill on its merits, including on wage theft, on casuals, on gig economy and on the labour hire loophole. Name one occasion when we haven't argued it from those exact perspectives.

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