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

What I was explaining, which those opposite are too blinded by Work Choices to understand and/or follow, was that matters that do not pertain to the employment relationship, or the relationship with the employees union as their representatives, cannot be the subject of protected industrial action. If terms and agreements do not meet these criteria, they will be void and unenforceable. That is clear. (Time expired)