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

What they—such as Senator Evans with his ongoing carping and interjecting—do not want to hear is that people on AWAs are getting higher wages and that jobs have been created for over 200,000 of our fellow Australians. I welcome the opportunity to talk about Work Choices—and I trust there will be a supplementary question—because every time we talk about it Mr Beazley’s rating goes down in the polls.