Steve Irons (Swan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

with the return of only one out of six senators, Mr Bullock. I will have more to say on the WA Senate election result at a later date, when a fuller opportunity arises in the House. But I raise it to make the point that the people of Western Australia are sick of the industrial militancy of unions in Western Australia and the fact that unions control the candidates of the Western Australian Labor Party, who then of course do nothing to rein in the industrial militancy. It is a model that the WA people are sick of, and I suggest that members opposite go and read some of those writings of Senator Mark Bishop on this subject. WA's economy is held back and disrupted by the unions and the Labor Party.

Having set the scene with the views of the people of Western Australia on this subject, I now turn to the provisions in the bill.

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