Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

The premise of the question is just absolutely and utterly incorrect. The question carries an assertion that somehow a union or a branch of a union would be deregistered for non-serious matters—totally and absolutely wrong. When the opposition talk about paperwork, look at what this bill is actually being targeted towards—assaulting police, five times; assault by kicking, five times; wilful trespass, seven times; resisting arrest, five times; theft; attempted theft by deception; and intent to coerce, nine times. It's paperwork! And that was just one bloke. That was just one guy. That was just John Setka. But it's all paperwork! They're like the Black Knight in Monty Python: the head gets chopped off—'It's a paper cut. It's a flesh wound.'

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