Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I say to members opposite, who are obviously determined to keep raising this: what charge are they making against the royal commissioner? Are they claiming that the royal commissioner lacks integrity? If they are, they should demonstrate how. I have to say that this government will certainly defend the integrity of the royal commissioner and we will certainly defend the necessity of the royal commission. If members opposite want to debate the royal commission, we will happily accommodate them. If they want to defend the rorts, the rackets and the rip-offs inside the union movement that this royal commission has uncovered, let's have the debate. We are happy to have a debate about what this royal commission has found if that is what members opposite want.

Dr Chalmers interjecting—

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