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

The reality is that, today, cleaning contractors can bid for quotes on government cleaning contracts on the basis of modern award rates. That was the position under your government and, as I understand it, the vast majority of government cleaning contracts actually allows for that, Senator Lines. So before you just regurgitate a question, served up to you by your old union, you should be doing a bit more research to ensure that you get your facts right because not only do you embarrass yourself but you embarrass the whole labour movement with these sorts of questions.