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By Anna Winter on July 21, 2009
Labor MP Vince Catania last night announced he was quitting the Labor party and joining the Nationals, the party whose support helped Colin Barnett become Premier after the close state election last year. A former member of the upper house, [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Brian Burke, Eric Ripper, Vince Catania, WA Labor, WA nationals, Western Australia |
By Kim on September 13, 2008
A week after Western Australians went to the vote, and the counting and manoeuvring continues. The Poll Bludger has all the details on the latest results and a poll on which way the Nationals should jump. I’ve got a feeling [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Brendon Grylls, Labor, Nationals, WA election 2008, WA election results, WA nationals |
By Anna Winter on September 9, 2008
Accy raises an interesting concept. Whichever party the Nats decide to deal with, they likely won’t enter into coalition. They’d guarantee supply, but otherwise keep their options open. And given the Nats’ likely control of both houses, it would possible [...]
Posted in Government, Levity, Politics, State/Territory Elections | Tagged Brendon Grylls, WA election 2008, WA election results, WA nationals, WA Parliament |
By Anna Winter on September 8, 2008
Saturday’s election result in WA means the possibility of the political commentator’s dream: the hung parliament. Labor has suffered a massive swing, and now it’s probably going to come down to who can convince the Nationals to make a deal. [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Brendon Grylls, Colin Barnett, Labor, Liberal Party, Nationals, WA election 2008, WA election results, WA nationals, Western Australia |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 8, 2008
I was very interested to watch interviews with both Alan Carpenter and Brendon Grylls on the 7 30 Report tonight. The punditariat – and Kerry O’Brien – seem to have no awareness of the specific history of the WA Nationals [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged Alan Carpenter, ALP, Brendon Grylls, Labor, WA election 2008, WA election results, WA nationals, Western Australia |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 8, 2008
Some very mixed signals were sent over the weekend about the future of the Nationals. Their huge defeat in Lyne will have been disheartening, not so much because it happened, but because Rob Oakeshott won so overwhelmingly with a primary [...]
Posted in State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, Australian Greens, Barnaby Joyce, brendan nelson, Brendon Grylls, federal Nationals, Labor, Lawrence Springborg, Liberal National Party, LNP, Lyne by-election, Mayo by-election, Nationals, NSW Nationals, Rob Oakeshott, SA Nationals, WA election 2008, WA election result, WA nationals, Warren Truss |
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