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The ALP wins WA

Sunday, February 27th, 2005

The Australian Labor Party in Western Australia, under the leadership of Premier Geoff Gallop, won yesterday’s State election, thus entering a second term of government. I have to admit I was surprised – and pleased.

Election Flatulence

Monday, February 21st, 2005

The State election is nearly upon us (Feb 26th) and I cannot help but be detatched from all the accompanying hoo-ha. From Colin Barnett’s hair-brained, unresearched and unjustified scheme to build a canal to bring water down to Perth from the Ord River, to Geoff Gallop’s same old same old… nothing changes and it all seems pretty irrelevant anyway.

Vicki