WESTERN AUSTRALIA Barnett election wipe-out delivers WA to Labor*

The West Australian state election on March 11 followed the trend of recent elections in which the incumbent Liberal Party was overwhelmingly defeated by the resurgent ALP. The ALP in WA is led by a former Navy lawyer and Kim Beazley protégé, Mark McGowan.


Incoming WA Premier Mark McGowan

Although the defeat of Colin Barnett’s Liberal government had been widely predicted, the extent of Labor’s win had not. Although counting had not finished a…

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