House debates

Thursday, 2 March 2017

Questions without Notice

Workplace Relations

2:50 pm

Photo of Malcolm TurnbullMalcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Leader of the Opposition again and again traded away penalty rates for the low-paid workers under his union that he was meant to be representing. He had the power not to sell them out, but he did. He stood up and said again and again that he supported the independent umpire and then he ran away from that. He does not have the courage to stick with one position for any period of time that commits him to being a man of integrity. He backs away from supporting the independent umpire, which has been a fundamental part of the Labor Party's approach to industrial relations for over a century. He has no integrity or consistency. This is hypocrisy from the Leader of the Opposition. Now, as he starts to try to revive the momentum of his blundering outburst a moment ago, we will see how he goes— (Time expired)

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