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WA election

davidc4430 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 12:36:22 GMT

WA election: Antony Green calls result for Labor as McGowan government wins in landslide

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-13/wa-election-winner-called-in-state-election-2021-by-antony-green/13243662

Re: WA election

myoclon1cjerk — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 12:57:41 GMT

Remarkable. Labor might win 53 of the 59 seats. Libs 2. Nats 4.

Re: WA election

not_for_sale — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:18:21 GMT

My take on this is that the WA people back their Premier for his tough and dogged approach in managing Covid, despite minimal support from the Federal Government. Clearly Mark McGowan and Daniel Andrews are leading the way, and the majority of people in their States are grateful for their leadership and governance.

Re: WA election

eol-products — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 22:46:19 GMT

There has always been frictiion between the east and west and he has used it to his advantage. End of the day wrong or right its what politicians do use whatever it takes get ahead of the opposition. Hopefully with this out of the way things can get back to normal for those who cross borders regularly.

Re: WA election

the_great_she_elephant — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 01:22:42 GMT

To be honest, there was almost nothing Mark McGowan needed to do anyway. The Libs did it all for him. The WA Liberal Party has been a basket case for some time now, dominated by a handful of hardcore Evangelicals.

Re: WA election

lyhargr_0 — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 04:17:24 GMT

@not_for_sale wrote:
My take on this is that the WA people back their Premier for his tough and dogged approach in managing Covid, despite minimal support from the Federal Government. Clearly Mark McGowan and Daniel Andrews are leading the way, and the majority of people in their States are grateful for their leadership and governance.

I wouldn't give you 5c cents for Andrews and his corrupt government ........... Neither ( I suspect ) would the families of the 800 people who died as a result of his inability to handle hotel quarantine

Re: WA election

not_for_sale — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 04:54:05 GMT

@lyhargr_0 wrote:

@not_for_sale wrote:
My take on this is that the WA people back their Premier for his tough and dogged approach in managing Covid, despite minimal support from the Federal Government. Clearly Mark McGowan and Daniel Andrews are leading the way, and the majority of people in their States are grateful for their leadership and governance.

I wouldn't give you 5c cents for Andrews and his corrupt government ........... Neither ( I suspect ) would the families of the 800 people who died as a result of his inability to handle hotel quarantine

Well that's your opinion, and it's an interesting one. But I suspect the vast minority of Victorians would agree with you. I guess we'll see next year when I expect Andrews will retain government in a landslide, just like McGowan did.

Re: WA election

eol-products — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 06:20:54 GMT

I wonder how NSW would go as they had a different stance to other states.

Re: WA election

lyhargr_0 — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 06:50:54 GMT

@not_for_sale wrote:
@lyhargr_0 wrote:

@not_for_sale wrote:
My take on this is that the WA people back their Premier for his tough and dogged approach in managing Covid, despite minimal support from the Federal Government. Clearly Mark McGowan and Daniel Andrews are leading the way, and the majority of people in their States are grateful for their leadership and governance.

I wouldn't give you 5c cents for Andrews and his corrupt government ........... Neither ( I suspect ) would the families of the 800 people who died as a result of his inability to handle hotel quarantine
Well that's your opinion, and it's an interesting one. But I suspect the vast minority of Victorians would agree with you. I guess we'll see next year when I expect Andrews will retain government in a landslide, just like McGowan did.

McGowan wasnt responsible for the death of approx 800 people ............... How soon some people forget 😞

Re: WA election

myoclon1cjerk — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 07:40:05 GMT

685 in aged care. The feds respsonsibilty.

Re: WA election

countessalmirena — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 07:46:47 GMT

There really wasn't any doubt about Mark McGowan winning this particular election. He is a massively popular figure and deserves this victory for the way in which he has portrayed strength and leadership.

(I would prefer that he doesn't make derogatory comments about other Australian leaders, but that may have been part of his leadership strategy as it has obviously not done him the slightest bit of harm in the voting.)

I'm worried that there isn't going to be an effective opposition, but one can't begrudge possibly Mark McGowan this victory. As unpopular as his border closures have been with some, in particular with people in other states, he did keep West Australians very safe and enabled them to live almost as though there wasn't any pandemic going on.

Clearly the border closures have resonated well with the majority of West Australians.

I don't think we could really say that Dan Andrews has attained such popularity. I agree that he made some dreadful decisions, and that there has been a stubborn and resistant culture throughout DHHS, for instance, in refusing to admit errors, refusing to - actually, let me stop there. This isn't a thread about that, but about the WA election, which has resulted in such a massive victory for Labor that one has to wonder whether it's even possible for the Liberals or the Nationals to mount a workable strategy and regain a toehold in the next election. I'm of the view that State governments function best when they cannot simply say "Make it so" without any chance of a discussion or debate or questioning. It's up to Labor to ensure that this victory doesn't result in a rubber stamp frame of mind.

I'd have loved to visit WA with its astonishing and alien-looking remote areas... but I wouldn't want to risk a border closure mid-holiday. Perhaps visiting the NT is a better idea...? I haven't seen any of it, and I do want to explore far more of Australia once it's safe to do so.

Re: WA election

lyhargr_0 — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 07:47:01 GMT

@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
685 in aged care. The feds respsonsibilty.

Hotel quarantine, security staff management ................. Andrews responsibility

Re: WA election

davidc4430 — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:19:48 GMT

talking of short memories

wasnt victoria doing ok until the NSW govt fumbled the ball and released a ship full of infecteds out into the country side to spread the disease with the greatest of ease?

cant blame mr andrews for that

just about every state owes the NSW a big cheer for that states handling of the virus

Re: WA election

lyhargr_0 — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:22:09 GMT

@davidc4430 wrote:
talking of short memories

wasnt victoria doing ok until the NSW govt fumbled the ball and released a ship full of infecteds out into the country side to spread the disease with the greatest of ease?

cant blame mr andrews for that

just about every state owes the NSW a big cheer for that states handling of the virus

Dont think anyone has ..................

Re: WA election

eol-products — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:47:39 GMT

I gather you are referring to the Ruby Princess which was before the Victorian hotel outbreak and of course was at the beginning of the covid outbreak so not sure what Victoria was doing well at as there was no outbreak yet.

Re: WA election

lyhargr_0 — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:52:14 GMT

@eol-products wrote:
I gather you are referring to the Ruby Princess which was before the Victorian hotel outbreak and of course was at the beginning of the covid outbreak so not sure what Victoria was doing well at as there was no outbreak yet.

Exactly ...................... Had very little to do with Andrews "stuffups"

Re: WA election

myoclon1cjerk — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:52:16 GMT

"Hotel quarantine, security staff management ................. Andrews responsibility "

I'll repeat.The feds are responsible for aged care.

Re: WA election

lyhargr_0 — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:53:38 GMT

@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
"Hotel quarantine, security staff management ................. Andrews responsibility "

I'll repeat.The feds are responsible for aged care.

Heard ya the 1st time 🙂

Re: WA election

lyhargr_0 — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:56:04 GMT

Different story in NSW

msn.com/en-au/news/sydney/ten-wasted-years-nsw-labor-polls-just-23-9-per-cent-of-primary-vote/ar-BB1ez16c?ocid=msedgdhp

Re: WA election

myoclon1cjerk — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 09:02:50 GMT

They prefer corrupt governments in N.S.W, so the binchicken's a shoo in.