David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The extraordinary power that's being proposed to be given to a minister of either this government or the next government over a union—and if they can do it over a union, they can do it over an NGO; if they can do it over an NGO, they can do it over any other part of civil society. Do we have issues of principle with that? Absolutely we have issues of principle and concern about that. Absolutely we do. Have we reached out to the government and offered our concerns, offered substantive amendments to have it—