Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-05-06 Daily Xml

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Elder Electorate

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (16:00): Supplementary question: if the minister does not believe that it is a racial attack on the candidate for Elder, does that mean that this type of material will be acceptable and that we will see it in future Labor Party campaigns?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (16:01): This is just an act of sour grapes. They lost the election. It was an unlosable election and they lost, and this is nothing but sour grapes. I reject the assertions that the Hon. David Ridgway makes. Everyone is entitled to their point of view. Journalists and other members of the public are entitled to their point of view. I do not share the points of view that the Hon. David Ridgway quoted. I do not share those views.

The member made it quite clear that there was no racial intent intended in that publication, and I accept that. This, as I said, is just sour grapes. They lost the unlosable election and now we see them squealing like stuck pigs.