Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Meanwhile those decent trade union officials who have been so brave through this process and have backed this because they understand the principles of unionism and why this is so important for the movement—those people have been left hanging by the Greens and the Liberal and National parties. The employers who sought for this bill to be passed have been left hanging because Senator Cash wants to play politics with this. Let's be clear: Senator Cash would rather have a fight than a fix. That's the reality. She wants a fight on this issue, so she has refused to listen to the Master Builders, the construction association and all those organisations who know this legislation matters. Senator Birmingham, you can come in here and ask process questions, but nothing detracts from what you just did, which was to vote with the Australian Greens to protect Mr Setka.