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

Mr President, I would have thought I made it perfectly clear that the Prime Minister did not mislead the House. In the event that I did not, let me repeat for the honourable senator: the Prime Minister did not mislead the House. You, Senator, have misinterpreted the document. The LMT exemption under ChAFTA for nurses and engineering occupations is consistent with the commitment in the other free trade agreements in which LMT is exempted for contractual service suppliers, including our free trade agreements with Thailand, Chile, Korea and Japan.

This is an agreement of historic proportions. It is jobs rich. It has the capacity to set up our nation for a long, long time, and here we have Labor playing base politics. (Time expired)