Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I thought Senator Bernardi would have had more empathy with the spirit of this bill given his recent treatment by his own boss. I am disappointed that he is not more empathetic with the spirit and the aims of this legislation. It is with a great sense of pride and satisfaction that I speak in favour of the Fair Work Bill 2008. Like many other senators who were elected in the last election, I ran because I was fundamentally opposed to the then government’s Work Choices legislation and had the misfortune to witness firsthand the unfairness that it visited upon working people in their workplaces.