Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

The barriers are those people that Senator Back and I look at every day in this chamber—namely, the Australian Labor Party. Mr Shorten is trying to have a bob each way in relation to the China free trade agreement, but the problem is the two bobs are actually on our side: Bob Hawke and Bob Carr! They do not have a 'bob' on their side whatsoever.

The Labor Party and others know—and yes, the Labor Party finally understand—that there is no Labor luminary that actually supports the short-sighted, xenophobic and dishonest campaign being run by the Australian Labor Party for and on behalf of the CFMEU. The CFMEU's motivation is to scare the Australian people to achieve a change of government so that the royal commission and its potential findings— (Time expired)