Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator McDonald for her first supplementary question. It's a sad day when any worker loses their job, and I've had plenty of examples over a great number of years in the union movement of having to deal with people who lose their jobs. There's no worse experience than losing your job. But these circumstances that you're talking about, Senator McDonald, did not occur overnight. Perhaps you didn't hear my answer to your first question, but it was the inaction of the former government in this space that's left us in this situation, and it's a— (Time expired)