Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

Small business, Senator Evans. What we are about is seeking to ensure that there is appropriate and proper cooperation between employer and employee. This is what Work Choices is all about, and the thing that those opposite are so concerned about, as ex-trade union officials, is that trade union membership in percentage terms has actually declined, despite their ongoing $50 million scare campaign against Work Choices throughout the community.