Sean Edwards (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Further, the Fair Work Commission has recently launched proceedings against the Musicians Union of Australia and has inquiries or investigations into: the Australian Rail, Tram & Bus Industry Union; the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation; the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia; the Flight Attendants' Association of Australia; the Textile Clothing & Footwear Union of Australia; the Australian nursing federation; and the Australian Childcare Centres Association. But I hear, 'No, everything's fine; everything's dandy.' The majority recommendation of the report is that they ignore the bill and do not pass the bill. But, despite all of that, you want to reject this bill.

This is a bill about sanitising what should have been sanitised a long time ago on your watch. Quite frankly, if you over there want to reinvent yourselves—as Bill Shorten, the Leader of the Opposition, has gone out in the last 24 hours and indicated that he wants to do—then this would be a very good place to start.