Senate debates
Thursday, 12 March 2026
Questions without Notice
Workplace Relations
3:08 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source
Until recently, if an employer stole from a worker's pay packet, it wasn't illegal, and that's why the Albanese government made it a criminal offence to deliberately underpay workers—something, of course, that Senator Canavan and the Nationals voted against, just like the Liberals and just like One Nation. On a personal level, I congratulate Senator Canavan on his election to the Nats leadership. Personally, I could not be happier than to see him become the leader. This is the man who dragged the Liberals to drop net zero and who will now drag them even further to the right as he chases One Nation.
I rarely agree with Mr Joyce, Barnaby Joyce, but he was spot on when he said:
… there'll be a lot of similarities between Matt, myself and Pauline …
And that's because the Nats are with One Nation and so are the Liberals.
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