Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

I was sorry to hear last week that the first response to the news of job losses at Qantas by certain union bosses was the threat to take industrial action. This is a very difficult and anxious time for Qantas employees. The very last thing they need is for their airline to be attacked by rogue industrial action. This would simply make a bad situation so much worse.

Rather than threatening industrial action, these union bosses would be of greater benefit to their members, and their members' job security, by campaigning for legislative action in this place and by asking their senatorial branch office in the ALP to repeal the carbon tax. That is what we on this side invite them to consider. When Mr Borghetti of Virgin says 'the best assistance that can be provided is the removal of the carbon tax', I invite— (Time expired)