Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
3:11 pm
I rise to make a personal explanation.
Tony Smith Speaker
Does the Leader of the Opposition claim to have been misrepresented?
Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
Yes, I do.
Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
Today in question time, the minister for trade referred to a meeting that Senator Wong and I and a number of my staff present had with the Business Council of Australia. The minister quoted a piece written by a newspaper columnist about this meeting, a piece I've kindly called fiction but sources at the Business Council of Australia called a load of baloney. Ged Kearney is a lifelong warrior for workers, and, if she's elected in Batman, we'll be one step closer to getting rid of this rotten government.