Does Labor have ‘total control’ in Western Australia?
- Written by John Phillimore, Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University
Just before the Western Australian state election in March 2021, the then leader of the Liberal Party did an unusual thing. He conceded defeat – but then asked voters to stop premier Mark McGowan’s Labor Party from achieving “total control” of the state.
The appeal failed spectacularly. McGowan won 53 of the 59 seats in the...
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