Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I was listening intently to him, and he was apologising for his trade union roots and saying, ‘We should not be bringing to the attention of the Australian people the fact that the ALP within 12 months will be totally dominated by the former ACTU leadership.’

Before I was so rudely interrupted by the clock this afternoon during taking note of answers, where I thought that five minutes was not nearly long enough, I was in the process of going through an article in the Australian today. Unfortunately, I have left myself very little time again to go through this article. I am very pleased that other opportunities will present themselves before the break. I might leave my reference to that very good article, which is about what has happened over the last 12 months, to another day. In finishing, the greatest threat to this country is the influx of these former union leaders into the Labor Party. The greatest risk for the Australian Labor Party is that the Australian community will quite rightly view this as a shift from outside to inside and will vote accordingly. (Time expired)