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I'm not anti-union: Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull says he's not anti-unions but the election was necessary to pass industrial relations legislation tackling union misbehaviour.

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Malcolm Turnbull insists he's not anti-unions and believes most construction workers are law-abiding and honest.

The prime minister has also defended the drawn-out election campaign saying it was needed to have a double-dissolution on important pieces of industrial relations legislation tackling union misbehaviour.

"This is not an anti-union issue, I don't have an ounce of ideology on this at all," he told Alan Jones on radio 2GB on Wednesday.


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