Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Obviously, there is a need to bring the union within the law. I would expect most people to support that in this House. The trade union royal commission is an important and serious part of government today. Therefore, we appointed to that a very serious and eminent jurist, Dyson Heydon, from the High Court. So Labor finds themselves on the side of bashing the umpire on this occasion—of taking out a political baseball bat and attacking the umpire—attacking the head of the royal commission. Rather than recognising his reputation for seriousness and for fairness, they decided, because they are so obsessed with the union movement—

Ms Butler interjecting—

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