❓ Mr Barnett questions Premier Gallop on guaranteeing the ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) BILL 2001 will not be pushed through the upper house before Christmas. Gallop responds by highlighting Labor's minority in the Legislative Council.
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ACTS AMENDMENT (LESBIAN AND GAY LAW REFORM) BILL 2001
Given the Premier’s response and his reference to “two Houses of Parliament”, will he now guarantee that the Labor Government will not push this Bill through the upper House prior to the Christmas recess? Dr GALLOP
Given the Premier’s response and his reference to “two Houses of Parliament”, will he now guarantee that the Labor Government will not push this Bill through the upper House prior to the Christmas recess? Dr GALLOP
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I do not know whether the Leader of the Opposition knows it, but the Australian Labor Party has only 12 members of a 34-member Chamber, so it cannot push anything through the Legislative Council of Western Australia.
Dr GALLOP replied: I do not know whether the Leader of the Opposition knows it, but the Australian Labor Party has only 12 members of a 34-member Chamber, so it cannot push anything through the Legislative Council of Western Australia.
I do not know whether the Leader of the Opposition knows it, but the Australian Labor Party has only 12 members of a 34-member Chamber, so it cannot push anything through the Legislative Council of Western Australia.
Dr GALLOP replied: I do not know whether the Leader of the Opposition knows it, but the Australian Labor Party has only 12 members of a 34-member Chamber, so it cannot push anything through the Legislative Council of Western Australia.
I do not know whether the Leader of the Opposition knows it, but the Australian Labor Party has only 12 members of a 34-member Chamber, so it cannot push anything through the Legislative Council of Western Australia.
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