11th March 2017, West Australia state Election

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Crazy to think the last time a state election took place here, Julia Gillard was still PM.

Anyway, the economy is poopy at the moment and Colin Barnett's government seems to have been viewed as squandering the mining boom, and is an underdog against Mark McGowan's Labor opposition. One Nation are poised to do very well, both in the lower house and the ludicrously disproportionate upper house.

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Yes the nationals are an autonomous party in West Australia. Their big policy this year is apparently a mining tax, which the Liberals very much do not want.

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So, the Liberals are preferencing One Nation above National...

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If the major parties really wanted, they could totally abuse the system by getting people to form tons of shell parties with nice names that funnel preferences to their patrons.

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Wow, the Liberals surge to a tie in the TPP!

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What seats are likeliest to fall to Hanson?

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And here we go.

I dont really care who wins as long as we get Roe 8 built.

I dont think i could stand Leach Hwy with all the trucks for the next 8 years.

For a three lane highway, it mysteriously attracts Perth's worst drivers like a perpetual energy machine.

Did you vote Palmer United in 2013 and the 2014 by-election?

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Whoa, I guess that's good news. What happened here?

Weak economy with end of mining boom, aging leader, a lot of relatively talented Liberals leaving (rip Troy "chair-sniffer" Buswell), superficial and trivial Liberal campaign and a poorly received deal with One Nation. Add to that the widely disliked Coalition federal government, and the Libs just got routed.