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

If the honourable senator does not want disruption on the Australian waterfront, if he does not want this matter to escalate further, could I invite him to ring up the Maritime Union of Australia to abide by the Fair Work Commission decision in relation to the particular picket. If you have an independent umpire in this space, you have to accept the good decisions with the bad and you have to accept their decisions—right, wrong or indifferent—whether you like it or not.