Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I can. Senators will be aware that the very first act of the Turnbull government after being re-elected to govern was to move decisively to protect the tens of thousands of men and women in Victoria, the fantastic members of the CFA. I again extend my thanks to those on the crossbench who joined us in standing up for those fantastic people. What did we do? It was very simple. All we did was ensure that enterprise agreements could not contain objectionable emergency management terms. All that does is prevent emergency services bodies from being able to support their volunteer operations. On this side of the chamber, we will never shy away from standing up for the good men and women of Australia, the people who really do make this country. We are proud to do what we did to ensure that the CFA in Victoria can continue.