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Nats' tactical masterstroke
11-September-08
Written by Joe Poprzeczny

THE standout feature of Saturday's panic-driven premature election was that neither Alan Carpenter nor Colin Barnett pulled their party over the line to govern Western Australia in their own right.

Labor attracted only 36 per cent of the primary vote, the Liberals 39 percent - each just over one third when 72 per cent of votes were counted.

Both failed to convince voters they could administer WA when high-taxing government - always headed by a major party - was the recipient of an unprecedented level of tax receipts.

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