September 18 2018 Will Labor support their own scalping legislation? The State Opposition will introduce into Parliament legislation to control the resale of tickets to special events that was previously introduced by the WA Labor Party. Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation John McGrath said Labor committed to introducing the legislation during the last election, but had since done nothing. “Labor talked a lot prior to the election about taking a strong stand against ticket scalpers and committing to introducing legislation,” Mr McGrath said. “They had a Bill drafted in 2014 which they introduced, so there is no excuse for not having the legislation ready. “Indeed, the Opposition will help the Government meet its commitment by introducing their legislation for them. “It is up to the Government to support their own legislation or to concede their legislation was a stunt and they were simply grandstanding before the election.” Mr McGrath said the Premier – when in Opposition – went so far as to say it was up to the WA Parliament to show some leadership on this issue on behalf of ordinary West Australians frustrated at the uncontrolled and exploitative practices of ticket scalpers. “Labor needs to show the leadership they talked about when in Opposition,” Mr McGrath said. “The leadership has disappeared and been replaced with waffle words and a lack of action and West Australian sports fans and visitors to the state wishing to attend an event, who had expectations of action from this Government, have been left high and dry and out of pocket. Media Contact |
