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

As I was saying, the electorate voted in overwhelming numbers to ensure that Work Choices was dead, and Mr Malcolm Turnbull said that the coalition would not vote against the legislation. He admitted Work Choices is dead and that the Australian people have spoken. I would encourage those on the other side in the Senate to heed what their leader has said.

But what amendments will the coalition consider? They have said they may still want to tinker. But what they really want to do is to bring back those extreme industrial relations laws that the Howard government introduced. Those on the other side of the chamber do not want to let go of the Howard legacy. They want to ensure that the workplace relations Forward with Fairness legislation is not implemented in full. (Time expired)