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

Yes I do and, certainly, that is what I was advised. But I think the more appropriate question for the Senate to be considering is: why do those on the other side hate the China free-trade agreement in particular? Why have you indulged in what is nothing more and nothing less than a xenophobic campaign that is solely aimed at ensuring that Australians going forward, young Australians, will not have the jobs that can be provided to them by the China free-trade agreement?

Mr President, do you remember last year when the President of China was in Australia and the free-trade agreement was signed? If I recall rightly, there was a lot of high-fiving done by those on the other side who wanted to claim credit in terms of the China free-trade agreement. But then of course we know what occurred. Calls were made by their mates—the puppet masters in the CFMEU—and they were told, they were given their marching orders—