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Labor’s WA dominance is no longer an aberration

Saturday’s seismic election result proves the party’s recipe for west coast success extends beyond the personality of ‘State Daddy’ Mark McGowan and COVID-era parochialism.

Tom Rabe

Labor’s electoral dominance in Western Australia can no longer be dismissed as an aberration or a pandemic anomaly.

Saturday’s seismic election result proves the party’s recipe for west coast success extends beyond the personality of “State Daddy” Mark McGowan, and voters’ appetite for WA Labor is based on more than COVID-era parochialism.

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Tom Rabe is the WA political correspondent, based in Perth. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.rabe@nine.com.au

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