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

I say this with some reluctance, but if the terms of this agreement were all right in agreements with Japan, if they were all right in agreements with Korea, if they were all right in agreements with Chile, then what have members opposite got against China? Why is China so different? Why is China to be singled out in this way by members opposite? I am not one to bandy around serious accusations, but I have got to say that, quite frankly, the campaign that is being waged by certain unions—aided and abetted by this Leader of the Opposition—against the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement is not just xenophobic; frankly, it is a racist campaign. And it must be a racist campaign, because they are—

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