Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

So ill-considered were these Liberal Party promises that the Liberal Party won 60 per cent of the House of Representatives seats and won one of the biggest majorities ever that saw Senator Milne's own party lose 40 per cent of its representation in the state parliament. I am one of these old-fashioned people who believe in the ballot box, in people having a say about their own bit of land and in having these decisions made locally rather than having an international body overseas determining our future. That seems to be the way of the world these days. As I have said, we accept the decision.