Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

This is not an argument: Australia has the highest per capita incidence of asbestos in the world. It is not an argument that 40,000 people will die from asbestos. It is not an argument that finance minister Cormann has called the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 'window-dressing' and misused for PR purposes. None of this is argument, Prime Minister. Prime Minister, why are you allowing the axing of the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency?

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