Labor Premier Mark McGowan’s extraordinary honeymoon with West Australian voters appears to be running out of steam, with clear implications for the federal election campaign.
After two years of almost universal support for keeping his state safe from COVID-19, February 5 was supposed to be the day when movement in and out of WA was significantly relaxed. Business leaders had scheduled the resumption of travel and face-to-face meetings with interstate associates, and long-awaited family reunions were on the agenda.
Peter KennedyContributorPeter Kennedy is a Perth-based journalist and author of Tales from Boom Town – Western Australian Premiers from Brand to McGowan.
