Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

I look forward to making my contribution today, particularly in light of Senator Williams asking how do we resolve this issue of domestic violence. For a start, the government should not be outsourcing responsibility—it should be showing leadership. That would be a very good start—an excellent start. Senator Cash comes in here and, first off, who does she blame? The CPSU—let's attack another union—and she then went on to say that these negotiations had nothing to do with her; she wanted to wash her hands of them. Well the buck stops with the government of the day.