Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I note that my questioning in relation to this legislation has, at most, taken one hour and the minister at the table has taken objection to us as an opposition asking what—if I might say—have been relatively concise, short questions which she then goes into a long tirade in giving a nonresponse to. I will give her one last question in the general question area: given her repeated statement that this legislation implements Labor’s election promises, pure and simple, can she remind the Senate—and, indeed, the Australian people—when, during that election campaign and long debate about the proposed changes, she or anybody else from the Australian Labor Party said to the Australian people ‘but, of course, some workers will be worse off’?