Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Abetz is getting quite carried away now. Senator Abetz, I don't mind you yelling at me. You've done enough yelling at your colleagues since you got knocked off. That's okay. You can yell at me all you like. You can take all your bile and all your spite out on me; it won't worry me. It will not worry me one bit. Maybe one day you'll stand up here and support vulnerable workers. Maybe one day you'll stand up here and actually support workers' rights in this country, because Senator Cash won't do it. She's following in your footsteps to attack vulnerable workers in this country, to make sure vulnerable workers don't get protections that they should get—even when you've got a former cabinet minister now being referred to the Privileges Committee in the House of Representatives because he was taking money from the Franchise Council while he was still a member of parliament. It just shows you what a rabble this government is.

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