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

The claim that the Labor Party's approach to this is xenophobic has been made by none other than a former ALP president, Mr Warren Mundine, who said:

It's a nonsense argument built on misinformation and lies. And Federal Labor is indulging it.

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The clear message—ChAFTA will flood Australia with Chinese workers destroying Australian jobs and the Chinese are not to be trusted. It's an antagonistic, 'them against us' message, pandering to xenophobia.

That is what the Labor Party former president says about the Labor Party. There is no need for any hyperbole from the coalition. That is Labor identifying what it has done to its own once-proud record. The Labor Party is dancing to a tune that is being played by the CFMEU, the most corrupt union— (Time expired)