Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

I do not mean a visit from Gretel Killen, so next time there is a knock on your door you can bet your bottom dollar that it will not be the Salvation Army or the Red Cross; it will be Uncle Kevin Reynolds, no doubt, or Joe McDonald, Dean Mighell or, if you are lucky enough, in Tasmania it might even be Brother Harkins. But this unparalleled intrusion by the trade unions into the personal affairs of working Australians and their families needs to be condemned. And Mr Rudd, today, by refusing to condemn this intrusion into Australian families’ lives is endorsing the tactic, which clearly indicates that Mr Rudd and the Australian Labor Party are willing to do whatever it takes to win government at the next election. (Time expired)