Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

To the member for Sturt, I remind him that Fair Work Australia is an independent body. I remind him that Fair Work Australia has already announced that it is having a review of this matter by KPMG and the government has already announced that, should actions be required by the government arising from the review, then we will take them. That is already done. So for all the member for Sturt's puffed-up hysteria as part of the destructive negativity of the opposition on these matters and all matters, that is the situation. To the member for Sturt—who will always be there, making private overtures to the government saying he is worried about these things but in here muckraking—I say the following: I believe every case for the prosecution has been already put before this parliament. The case for the defence has been made. This parliament should move on. The opposition should move on and deal with questions of importance to the nation, not this continued destructive negativity.

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