Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I am going to quote a former foreign minister, Bob Carr, so those opposite should listen carefully and enjoy the ride. The Australia-China Relations Institute has concluded there will be more jobs at higher wages under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. It also found that the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement simply brings China in line with the way we treat other countries with which Australia enjoys FTAs.

You could be forgiven if I said that the Australia-China Relations Institute is somehow associated with the Liberal and National parties, but, as we know that is just not true because the director is none other than a person who used to sit here under the former government—former foreign minister Bob Carr. That is the same Bob Carr who wrote that the chapter has all the mechanisms necessary to protect Australian workers. He is just one of the many local luminaries to back the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Time expired)