Mark McGowan: why the only way was down for Western Australia’s political rock star
Mark McGowan: why the only way was down for Western Australia’s political rock star
After being lauded for his tough Covid response and winning the most one-sided election in Australian history, Labor premier goes out at the top
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It is telling that, at the age of 55, Western Australia’s premier, Mark McGowan, cited exhaustion, rather than the fulfilment of political ambition, as the main reason for his sudden resignation.
McGowan strode into the state’s highest office in 2017, but it was his Covid response that propelled him into unprecedented power in 2021, with his party wining the most one-sided election result in Australia’s history – taking 53 of 59 seats in the lower house.
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