Gary Humphries (ACT, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Materiel) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Does the minister confirm to the Senate that among the possibilities that his advice adverted to was the possibility that Qantas would take up their right under the Fair Work Act to lock out their staff? If they were aware of that possibility and if they were aware of Qantas taking the step of locking out staff before this came into being, why did the minister not activate a contingency plan to use section 431 to prevent the dispute occurring and so prevent disruption to thousands of Qantas travellers, domestic— (Time expired)