Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Pratt, you know full well that this was guillotined through the parliament, with no chance of an upper house inquiry when the state Labor government has an overwhelming majority. The state opposition did not vote for the bill; they didn't oppose the bill, because the government had assured them that it was all fine—it was researched and consulted on; it was positive legislation. How quickly did that come unstuck, Senator Pratt, as soon as we knew the detail?