Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:12): Talk about self-identification: as soon as Senator Kroger asked that question, who came out right on cue? None other than Senator Lines, who you will recall boasted: I am a trade union official; it runs through my blood. I am now a senator, but 'once a trade union official, always a trade union official'. Opposition senators interjecting— Senator ABETZ: And they are saying, 'Hear, hear!' I simply say to them that, once you enter this place, you have to set aside your sectional interests and put forward the national interests, and that is something that Mr Shorten and the Australian Labor Party have simply not been able to set aside. Opposition senators interjecting— Senator ABETZ: What I would invite Senator Lines and all her colleagues to do is, in fact, have a blood transfusion, get rid of the sectional interests and put the national interest into your heart and souls, because it will be surprising what a difference that will make for the benefit of our nation. Honourable senators interjecting— Senator Cameron: Run that line by the pensioners! The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Cameron, it will assist the chamber if you cease calling across the chamber.