But it would be resisted vigorously by elements of the right faction in Victoria – federal leader Bill Shorten's power base.
When I succeeded in persuading the last Labour government to require that applicants for the police, judiciary and planning inspectorate disclose membership of secret societies, they resisted vigorously, even threatening legal action and eventually forcing the government to back down.
Trisha Leffler went to the police, while Julissa Brisman resisted so vigorously that robbery turned into murder.
A genuinely pro-market party would have resisted more vigorously the Wall Street bailouts, in line with popular sentiment.
And, if the President himself is involved in the conversations, the executive branch will vigorously resist disclosure.
Georgia and its allies will vigorously resist the application of such rules to international officials.It is still unclear what Russia really wants in Georgia or elsewhere.
Typically, state and city officials do not fight unionization efforts, while private-sector employers, fearing higher labor costs, often vigorously resist organizing drives.
"But I would vigorously resist any suggestion that the government should put limits on fees or attempt to somehow set them.
His proponents will resist this notion vigorously, but James Kwak and I have demonstrated in our recent work the history and public policy thinking that brought us to this point.
The company, which makes cancer diagnostic equipment, urged holders not to tender their shares to Roche and said it intended to "vigorously resist" Roche's attempt to acquire it at the offered price of $75 a share.
Moloney, the author of a critically acclaimed history of the IRA, added: "I also called upon Boston College to vigorously resist this action and to rally the rest of American academe in the cause of research confidentiality".
