Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

What we are doing is taking Forward with Fairness, our policy that we delivered to the people before the election—and they agreed with it—and bringing it forward. The opposition are complaining because they do not like the idea of their Work Choices being overridden by a fair industrial relations system. That is what they do not like and that is what they are complaining about here. The Deputy Prime Minister also announced how the government will deliver on our commitment to provide clear, tough rules on industrial action. We will deliver on those promises. Unprotected industrial action, like snap strikes, will not be tolerated. Those issues—