Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Abetz is again relying on newspaper articles that have been wrong and misleading for days now. I made it clear that we acted on that advice. I also confirmed for Senator Abetz that at all stages the Commonwealth government sought the termination of all industrial action. That was my recommendation. That was the submission made by the Commonwealth—that all industrial action be terminated. It argued that, if Fair Work Australia was not prepared to grant immediate termination, there be at least a suspension. But the Commonwealth argued strenuously—