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

Thousands of jobs are at risk if this Chinese free trade agreement does not go ahead.

Senator Whish-Wilson interjecting—

A senior lecturer in international relations at Deakin University—who might just know a little bit more about those things than self-appointed Senator Whish-Wilson—Chengxin Pan, has said:

… the union-led campaign has caused some bewilderment among Chinese officials.

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If the anti-FTA campaign continues, whatever the outcome, many Chinese will draw the connection with the White Australia policy more than a century ago, and some will probably have difficulty seeing differences.

Do you know why they will have difficulty in seeing the differences? Because it will be the same old Australian Labor Party that peddled the White Australia Policy 100 years ago, and they are back to their old tricks today for cheap political purposes—(Time expired)