Fed: WA Labor has 17-seat lead - poll

AAP General News (Australia)
08-30-2008
Fed: WA Labor has 17-seat lead - poll

SYDNEY, Aug 30 AAP - Western Australia's Carpenter Labor government would be returned
with close to a 17-seat majority if the state election was held today, a Westpoll shows.

One week out from the WA state election, the swing the Liberal Party created with Colin
Barnett's return to the leadership has stalled.

Labor now enjoys a 54-46 per cent lead on a two-party basis, according to the Westpoll
conducted for the West Australian newspaper and published by Fairfax today.

The Westpoll shows the Liberal Party vote has returned to around the 35 per cent level
of the 2005 state election.

If that result were to be repeated next Saturday, Labor would command a 17-seat majority
under the new one vote, one value boundaries.

The poll comes after a week in which Mr Carpenter is generally believed to have won
the leader's debate on Monday night.

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