❓ Premier Gallop criticises the Liberal Party's opposition to extended shopping hours, accusing them of being out of touch and hindering progress, while promoting the Labor Party's progressive stance on the issue.
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Can the Premier outline the impact of the Liberal Party’s decision not to support greater shopping hours? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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It is interesting that if one were to consult the Western Australian parliamentary thesaurus and looked up the words “Liberal Party”, one would find that associated with that would be the words “troglodyte”, “archaic” and “backward looking”. The Liberal Party in Western Australia is holding back reform of trading hours and sensible protections that are required for small business in this community. Society today is significantly different from that when trading hours legislation was put together. There are now changed working and family arrangements. Our community needs more choice. The legislation that we have put forward to the Parliament would provide that extra choice and flexibility. All the evidence indicates that the overwhelming majority of people want that extra choice and flexibility. Who is denying them that choice and flexibility? It is the Liberal Party in this State. Is it not extraordinary that Liberal Party members have decided not to give families more time to shop, not to secure the position of small business in its dealings with bigger business and not to allow Western Australians the chance of choice and Western Australian families the chance of flexibility? The Leader of the Opposition’s views on these matters are interesting. I remember when he became leader way back in 2001. He said that he would get the Liberal Party in touch with contemporary society. He has rolled himself up into a conservative ball. Only the Labor Party is willing to take the State forward and introduce progressive legislation. This will be an issue in the election campaign. Make no mistake about that. We are for more choice, for more flexibility and for changing our trading hours so that there is appropriate reform in our society. The Western Australian people want Western Australia to go forwards, not backwards. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: It is interesting that if one were to consult the Western Australian parliamentary thesaurus and looked up the words “Liberal Party”, one would find that associated with that would be the words “troglodyte”, “archaic” and “backward looking”. The Liberal Party in Western Australia is holding back reform of trading hours and sensible protections that are required for small business in this community. Society today is significantly different from that when trading hours legislation was put together. There are now changed working and family arrangements. Our community needs more choice. The legislation that we have put forward to the Parliament would provide that extra choice and flexibility. All the evidence indicates that the overwhelming majority of people want that extra choice and flexibility. Who is denying them that choice and flexibility? It is the Liberal Party in this State. Is it not extraordinary that Liberal Party members have decided not to give families more time to shop, not to secure the position of small business in its dealings with bigger business and not to allow Western Australians the chance of choice and Western Australian families the chance of flexibility? The Leader of the Opposition’s views on these matters are interesting. I remember when he became leader way back in 2001. He said that he would get the Liberal Party in touch with contemporary society. He has rolled himself up into a conservative ball. Only the Labor Party is willing to take the State forward and introduce progressive legislation. This will be an issue in the election campaign. Make no mistake about that. We are for more choice, for more flexibility and for changing our trading hours so that there is appropriate reform in our society. The Western Australian people want Western Australia to go forwards, not backwards. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
It is interesting that if one were to consult the Western Australian parliamentary thesaurus and looked up the words “Liberal Party”, one would find that associated with that would be the words “troglodyte”, “archaic” and “backward looking”. The Liberal Party in Western Australia is holding back reform of trading hours and sensible protections that are required for small business in this community. Society today is significantly different from that when trading hours legislation was put together. There are now changed working and family arrangements. Our community needs more choice. The legislation that we have put forward to the Parliament would provide that extra choice and flexibility. All the evidence indicates that the overwhelming majority of people want that extra choice and flexibility. Who is denying them that choice and flexibility? It is the Liberal Party in this State. Is it not extraordinary that Liberal Party members have decided not to give families more time to shop, not to secure the position of small business in its dealings with bigger business and not to allow Western Australians the chance of choice and Western Australian families the chance of flexibility? The Leader of the Opposition’s views on these matters are interesting. I remember when he became leader way back in 2001. He said that he would get the Liberal Party in touch with contemporary society. He has rolled himself up into a conservative ball. Only the Labor Party is willing to take the State forward and introduce progressive legislation. This will be an issue in the election campaign. Make no mistake about that. We are for more choice, for more flexibility and for changing our trading hours so that there is appropriate reform in our society. The Western Australian people want Western Australia to go forwards, not backwards. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
The Leader of the Opposition’s views on these matters are interesting. I remember when he became leader way back in 2001. He said that he would get the Liberal Party in touch with contemporary society. He has rolled himself up into a conservative ball. Only the Labor Party is willing to take the State forward and introduce progressive legislation. This will be an issue in the election campaign. Make no mistake about that. We are for more choice, for more flexibility and for changing our trading hours so that there is appropriate reform in our society. The Western Australian people want Western Australia to go forwards, not backwards. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: It is interesting that if one were to consult the Western Australian parliamentary thesaurus and looked up the words “Liberal Party”, one would find that associated with that would be the words “troglodyte”, “archaic” and “backward looking”. The Liberal Party in Western Australia is holding back reform of trading hours and sensible protections that are required for small business in this community. Society today is significantly different from that when trading hours legislation was put together. There are now changed working and family arrangements. Our community needs more choice. The legislation that we have put forward to the Parliament would provide that extra choice and flexibility. All the evidence indicates that the overwhelming majority of people want that extra choice and flexibility. Who is denying them that choice and flexibility? It is the Liberal Party in this State. Is it not extraordinary that Liberal Party members have decided not to give families more time to shop, not to secure the position of small business in its dealings with bigger business and not to allow Western Australians the chance of choice and Western Australian families the chance of flexibility? The Leader of the Opposition’s views on these matters are interesting. I remember when he became leader way back in 2001. He said that he would get the Liberal Party in touch with contemporary society. He has rolled himself up into a conservative ball. Only the Labor Party is willing to take the State forward and introduce progressive legislation. This will be an issue in the election campaign. Make no mistake about that. We are for more choice, for more flexibility and for changing our trading hours so that there is appropriate reform in our society. The Western Australian people want Western Australia to go forwards, not backwards. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
It is interesting that if one were to consult the Western Australian parliamentary thesaurus and looked up the words “Liberal Party”, one would find that associated with that would be the words “troglodyte”, “archaic” and “backward looking”. The Liberal Party in Western Australia is holding back reform of trading hours and sensible protections that are required for small business in this community. Society today is significantly different from that when trading hours legislation was put together. There are now changed working and family arrangements. Our community needs more choice. The legislation that we have put forward to the Parliament would provide that extra choice and flexibility. All the evidence indicates that the overwhelming majority of people want that extra choice and flexibility. Who is denying them that choice and flexibility? It is the Liberal Party in this State. Is it not extraordinary that Liberal Party members have decided not to give families more time to shop, not to secure the position of small business in its dealings with bigger business and not to allow Western Australians the chance of choice and Western Australian families the chance of flexibility? The Leader of the Opposition’s views on these matters are interesting. I remember when he became leader way back in 2001. He said that he would get the Liberal Party in touch with contemporary society. He has rolled himself up into a conservative ball. Only the Labor Party is willing to take the State forward and introduce progressive legislation. This will be an issue in the election campaign. Make no mistake about that. We are for more choice, for more flexibility and for changing our trading hours so that there is appropriate reform in our society. The Western Australian people want Western Australia to go forwards, not backwards. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
The Leader of the Opposition’s views on these matters are interesting. I remember when he became leader way back in 2001. He said that he would get the Liberal Party in touch with contemporary society. He has rolled himself up into a conservative ball. Only the Labor Party is willing to take the State forward and introduce progressive legislation. This will be an issue in the election campaign. Make no mistake about that. We are for more choice, for more flexibility and for changing our trading hours so that there is appropriate reform in our society. The Western Australian people want Western Australia to go forwards, not backwards. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order! I call the member for Warren-Blackwood to order for the first time. Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Liberal Party thinks it is possible to govern this State by looking into the rear-vision mirror. We need to go forward. I know there are members of the Liberal Party who agree with this, but the troglodyte faction of the Liberal Party has once again prevailed. The history of Australia shows the Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party to be the most reactionary of all branches in Australia.
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