As our paper indicates, we currently hold representation votes in about 18% to 20% of the cases that come before us. If we had to hold representation votes in 100% of the cases, that would quintuple our workload. We estimate we would require three more industrial relations officers at about $200,000 in operating money. That doesn't include the costs if we have to meet the concerns about remote locations that Mr. Heinen has expressed. If we decided that we had to go to an electronic voting system, that's probably the most expensive way to hold a vote. It costs about $2,700.
On February 13th, 2014. See this statement in context.