Chris Ketter (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Here we are again with the continuation of the ideological attack on the trade union movement and any organisation or any person who is in any way associated with the trade union movement. In this instance, we're looking at an attack on the industry superannuation fund sector. Whilst I have a lot of respect for Senator Fawcett, his contribution just continues that attack on the union movement, in terms of the ideology. The premise behind Senator Fawcett's contribution is that union officials should be considered persona non grata. They shouldn't be anywhere near the industry superannuation funds, which, after all, the unions helped to create back in the 1980s, and unions should not receive any payments from anybody, ever.