Penny Wong says union boss John Setka needs to 'consider position' after reported Rosie Batty comments

Labor’s Senate leader calls Victorian CFMMEU secretary’s reported remarks ‘totally unacceptable’ and tells Batty ‘I’m on your side’

Labor’s Senate leader, Penny Wong, has declared herself on the side of domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty and says union leader John Setka needs to consider his position.

Setka, the Victorian secretary of the CFMMEU, has claimed he was “taken out of context” after the Age reported he told a union meeting Batty’s advocacy had led to men having fewer rights. Setka told the paper he had not criticised Batty and had great respect for her.

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