Mark McGowan's Labor closes in on victory

Written on the 4 March 2017

Labor is within striking distance of defeating Colin Barnett's government at next week's West Australian election, according to an exclusive Fairfax Media poll, despite a preference deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation aimed at delivering the Liberals a third term.

With the local economy suffering a post mining boom slump, the state-wide poll of 1660 residents conducted by ReachTEL shows Mr Barnett's Liberal-Nationals alliance trailing Labor on a two-party-preferred basis by 48 to 52 per cent.

The result represents a 9 percentage point swing to Labor since the last election in 2013, just shy of the 10-point swing needed to deliver Mark McGowan's Labor the 10 seats he needs to take government in its own right on March 11.

At a minimum, the poll points to a hung parliament.

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source: afr.com
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