Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I'll take that interjection from Senator Ayres, because it's actually not the New South Wales government, Senator Ayres; it is a potential Albanese government. That is actually the risk to port productivity in Australia: a potential Albanese government that is beholden to the unions—a government that is beholden to the MUA. If you are beholden to the MUA, that means that if you do need to step up and take action to ensure that Australian families can get access to the goods and services they need and ensure that Australian businesses can get access to the product they need then you won't be able to say no. That is not a good thing, because, when you have an inefficient port system, when action is being taken that quite literally closes things down, you need a government that is strong; you need a government that understands that productivity on our ports is essential to ensuring that, in particular, our economic recovery from COVID-19 continues. (Time expired)