Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

There’s nobody around here talking about putting in French or German legislation. My question is to the Prime Minister. Has the Prime Minister seen a copy of the Way Ahead, the newsletter of the Gosford branch of the Liberal Party? Isn’t this newsletter produced by Councillor Malcolm Brooks, a former Liberal Party member of parliament and Liberal Party official? Is the Prime Minister aware of this issue? The newsletter says:

Many Australians who voted for and supported John Howard over the last decade are now cutting loose over the industrial reforms, and voters who voted for us at the last election have already decided to vote Labor at the next election. If this trend continues we will have no-one but ourselves to blame.

Prime Minister, if Liberal Party officials do not think slashing wages and conditions is a good idea, what hope have you got of convincing middle Australia?

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