Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

I was surprised by the comment obviously. I am only hoping his next comment will be that he is standing up for free trade in supporting the China free trade agreement because that is something we on this side could agree with. The bigger picture is this. On this side of the chamber we will never resile from debate because debate is healthy, unlike those on the other side who have one opinion. The bad news for Australians is that it is not even the opposition's opinion because the opinion they espouse in this place is given to them normally by the union they represent. Certainly, the CFMEU plays a very big part in this chamber.