❓ Mr Barron-Sullivan accuses the Premier of breaking a pre-election promise regarding electoral reform and equal voting rights for country people. The Premier deflects, attacking the questioner and reaffirming Labor's commitment to equal voting rights.
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ELECTORAL REFORM, EQUAL VOTING RIGHTS
Does the Premier admit that his pre-election promise and guarantee to country people was sneaky, devious and utterly worthless? Dr GALLOP
Does the Premier admit that his pre-election promise and guarantee to country people was sneaky, devious and utterly worthless? Dr GALLOP
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There he goes again, the great stuntsman from Mitchell. It did not surprise me to see that the Leader of the Opposition did not participate in the stunt. What does that tell us? Does it tell us that the communication between the Deputy Leader and the Leader of the Opposition is not working too well? It would not surprise me. The Labor Party’s policy on the State’s electoral system has been as clear as the skies of Western Australia since the Labor Party was formed at the beginning of the last century. The principle is this: no matter who people are, where they live, what their backgrounds are, what their religions are or which part of the country they were brought up in, they will have equal voting rights for the Parliament of Western Australia.
Dr GALLOP replied: There he goes again, the great stuntsman from Mitchell. It did not surprise me to see that the Leader of the Opposition did not participate in the stunt. What does that tell us? Does it tell us that the communication between the Deputy Leader and the Leader of the Opposition is not working too well? It would not surprise me. The Labor Party’s policy on the State’s electoral system has been as clear as the skies of Western Australia since the Labor Party was formed at the beginning of the last century. The principle is this: no matter who people are, where they live, what their backgrounds are, what their religions are or which part of the country they were brought up in, they will have equal voting rights for the Parliament of Western Australia.
There he goes again, the great stuntsman from Mitchell. It did not surprise me to see that the Leader of the Opposition did not participate in the stunt. What does that tell us? Does it tell us that the communication between the Deputy Leader and the Leader of the Opposition is not working too well? It would not surprise me. The Labor Party’s policy on the State’s electoral system has been as clear as the skies of Western Australia since the Labor Party was formed at the beginning of the last century. The principle is this: no matter who people are, where they live, what their backgrounds are, what their religions are or which part of the country they were brought up in, they will have equal voting rights for the Parliament of Western Australia.
Dr GALLOP replied: There he goes again, the great stuntsman from Mitchell. It did not surprise me to see that the Leader of the Opposition did not participate in the stunt. What does that tell us? Does it tell us that the communication between the Deputy Leader and the Leader of the Opposition is not working too well? It would not surprise me. The Labor Party’s policy on the State’s electoral system has been as clear as the skies of Western Australia since the Labor Party was formed at the beginning of the last century. The principle is this: no matter who people are, where they live, what their backgrounds are, what their religions are or which part of the country they were brought up in, they will have equal voting rights for the Parliament of Western Australia.
There he goes again, the great stuntsman from Mitchell. It did not surprise me to see that the Leader of the Opposition did not participate in the stunt. What does that tell us? Does it tell us that the communication between the Deputy Leader and the Leader of the Opposition is not working too well? It would not surprise me. The Labor Party’s policy on the State’s electoral system has been as clear as the skies of Western Australia since the Labor Party was formed at the beginning of the last century. The principle is this: no matter who people are, where they live, what their backgrounds are, what their religions are or which part of the country they were brought up in, they will have equal voting rights for the Parliament of Western Australia.
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