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

Falsehoods raised by the Australian Labor Party playing ventriloquist doll to the CFMEU are not the legitimate concerns of the Australian people. Indeed, the so-called concerns that have been whipped up with an egg beater by Senator Wong and her former colleagues in the CFMEU are a disgrace. What it shows is that Mr Shorten is not in any way fit to be the Prime Minister of this great country when he is willing to prejudice such an important agreement, an agreement that is the envy of so many other countries around the world. They would love to be able to have such an agreement as this with China, such an important, dynamic and growing economy with opportunities untold, untapped, which we can now tap into, which we can now harness and create job opportunities and wealth for our fellow Australians. (Time expired)