Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

What we do expect is that all parties maintain respect for the workplace relations laws, including perhaps a commitment from the Liberals that they have now abandoned Work Choices and gone on to a new fair industrial relations system, including the ABCC. Unlikely though it may be, we still wait with bated breath for their response at some future date from their new shadow minister. This government’s approach is to consult in its workplace relations reform, which is really in stark contrast to the previous government’s approach. We will continue—