Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

We once had, in this place, a policy called 'fight back.' It didn't work so well. Now we have 'payback.' This is payback. This is the Labor Party's payback. This is what they're going to do for the unions. Brought to the unions in time for the union Christmas parties, rushed through the federal parliament with debate virtually gagged, rammed through the House of Representatives, rammed through the Senate—hopefully not. Hopefully they will show a bit more common sense—

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