Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

We will wait and see. I thought it was government policy not to require compulsory membership of any organisation these days, and in those circumstances why would you need to get a conscientious objection clause to joining an organisation if, as the government says, it now believes in voluntary membership? If there is no compulsion under awards or any other circumstances then clearly there is no requirement for a conscientious objection clause.