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Liberals hit by WA rout

Mark McGowan

Labor will govern Western Australia after what has been described as a landslide victory for the party in Saturday's state election. Premier-elect Mark McGowan will have around 40 MPs in the 59-seat parliament and a swing of around 16% against the Liberals appears to have virtually halved its representation in the lower house. One Nation's result was well below expectations. We analysed the WA vote with Swinburne University researcher, Chiara De Lazzari.


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By Francesca Rizzoli, Carlo Oreglia

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Labor will govern Western Australia after what has been described as a landslide victory for the party in Saturday's state election. Premier-elect Mark McGowan will have around 40 MPs in the 59-seat parliament and a swing of around 16% against the Liberals appears to have virtually halved its representation in the lower house. One Nation's result was well below expectations. We analysed the WA vote with Swinburne University researcher, Chiara De Lazzari.



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