POLITICS: WA Liberals, Nationals in self-destruct mode*

With the Liberals and Nationals in disarray, it is unlikely that a non-Labor government will come to power in WA until well after 2013, writes Joseph Poprzeczny.If Western Australia’s three mainstream parties – Labor, Liberal and National – were as vibrant as their state’s booming export-oriented economy, they’d have much to teach their Canberra and interstate counterparts.But that’s most definitely not so.Although Labor gained power in WA in February 2001 – when the Richard Court-led coalition …

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