In this speech, Australian Democrats Senator Andrew Murray lashed the Howard government over its changes to the electoral system.
Second Reading : Electoral & Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity & Other Measures) Bill 2006
Senator MURRAY (Western Australia) (9.21 a.m.) – In making my remarks on the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006, I would like to be on the record as stating that this bill represents yet another appalling outcome of coalition control of the Senate. It is a bill that in many respects blatantly seeks to advantage the coalition. From the words electoral integrity in the title of this bill, one would assume its provisions are motivated by an intention to improve our representative democracy, to improve the democratic and electoral rights of Australians.