Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Payne wants to know what we are afraid off. Well, I know what we are afraid of, and I know what all Australian workers are afraid of, and that is that at some time today, with the support of the crossbenches, Work Choices mark 2 will be back on the Australian agenda. We have Work Choices back. That's what we, and the Australian people, are afraid of. Tony Abbott said that Work Choices was dead, buried and cremated. Well, it's not. Work Choices is right back here. How does a government with no integrity seek to introduce a piece of legislation that affects workers and their organisations that deal with integrity? How does a government with no integrity introduce a piece of integrity legislation? I see Senator Birmingham smiling there.