As expected, Labor lost ground from its extraordinary result in 2021, but those votes did not necessarily go to the Liberals.
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While Labor had a big fall in its primary vote since winning 59.9% in 2021, this fall didn’t go directly to the Liberals and Nationals.
After achieving the biggest parliamentary majority in Australian history in 2021, polls predict Labor will hold onto power comfortably.
After a landslide victory in 2021, Labor remains strongly favoured to retain government. But its popularity while in office has waned.
Western Australian Labor premier Roger Cook has asked for advice about the implications of a possible March federal election clashing with the state poll.
Looking a year ahead, Labor will be struggling against the electoral tide in Queensland, where (on present polling) the Palaszczuk government could lose office
For this podcast we caught up with Western Australian Premier Roger Cook, and canvassed issues like the cultural heritage law backdown, and the Voice.
In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the WA government scrapping a controversial law, the government's policy on Palestine, and the fallout from the Lehrmann case inquiry.
WA Premier Roger Cook has apologised to the state for getting the rollout “wrong”, while rejecting suggestions he was under pressure from the federal government to drop it to remove a referendum impediment
The man who rose to prominence leading Western Australia through the COVID pandemic alongside Mark McGowan becomes its 31st premier after a factional deal.
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