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

This motion in no way is a personal attack. It is a statement of fact that the Fair Work Commission—indeed four separate commissioners—found that the person that Mr Shorten parachuted into this place had provided untruthful and unreliable evidence to the Fair Work Commission. All this motion does is to call on anyone appearing before the Fair Work Commission to provide reliable and truthful evidence. I would have thought that should have been a unity ticket for all of us. The fact that it is not from the point of view of the Australian Labor Party tells us everything we need to know as to why they are so vehemently opposed to the Registered Organisations Commission bill. The thought of somebody actually giving truthful and reliable evidence is abhorrent to the Labor Party. That is why we moved—(Time expired)