WA ELECTIONS: Labor’s Geoff Gallop looking at defeat*

As Western Australians prepare to go to the polls to elect their State government for the next four years, the Labor Government led by Dr Geoff Gallop seems to be in some difficulty.Labor swept to power in February 2001, despite getting a primary vote of just 37.3 per cent. The key factor was the preference flow from One Nation’s 9.6 per cent of the primary vote which delivered 10 seats to Labor.The Gallop Government wasted no time in pursuing a radical social reform program. It set up a committ…

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