Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

There is one great obstacle to protecting union members from corrupt union bosses and that has been the stance of Labor and Greens senators in this place. If these reforms are good enough for union and labour leaders such as Fair Work Commissioner Ian Cambridge, former National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union Paul Howes, former Labor Attorney-General Robert McClelland, former ACTU Presidents and Labor ministers Martin Ferguson and Simon Crean, why are they not good enough for Mr Shorten, the Australian Labor Party and the Greens?

Senator Conroy interjecting—