Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

I agree with you, Senator Lines—that is a disgrace. But what did the person who oversaw those crimes get? Well, today they got $2.69 million, on the way out! Was that person banned from activities in banking? Was the organisation that he represented deregistered and stopped from running their business? How on earth is there any comparison between what this legislation seeks to do to unions and the way this government treats big business, their mates?

Honourable senators interjecting—