Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

 Unfortunately, with the approach that was taken by the crossbench last week, those rights are not going to be observed anymore. These issues could have been dealt with this year, in totality. We could have done all of the things included in your bills, along with protecting workers from all those other rorts. Unfortunately, you teamed up with the coalition, and now none of it will happen.

Honourable senators interjecting—