David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

I have quoted the act. ‘What rubbish!’ says the leader. That is why in Warroo shire they have had a plebiscite and it has been 100 per cent ‘No’. There was nothing written on ballot papers, no informal votes—700 voters and over half of them have returned postal votes with ‘No’ because they knew that the union movement was going to take over their council. There will be three unionists on the transitional committee to tell a council what to do. It is absolutely the most outrageous and disgraceful piece of legislation that I or anybody in a generation in this country has ever seen. And the opposition sit quietly, rubbing their hands together, because they know that this is a union takeover. (Time expired)