I'm not really sure about that.

Labor had another decisive state government victory last month. However, I don't think federal Labor will enjoy the support it received from Western Australian's last time round.

WA is ultimately a conservative electorate. We will never be as progressive as Victoria and NSW.

You're correct that WA votes last federal election were a response to the covid measures. It really did feel as though the rest of Australia was kind of making fun of us, particularly the federal LNP government we had at that time.

This time round is back to business as usual. Not as decisive as covid, but a strong driver will be the live export sheep thing.

We used to export a lot of live sheep. Labor banned the practice. A lot of farmers lost a whole lot of money as sheep were suddenly worthless and things haven't really improved in that regard. Here in Regional WA there's a whole lot of "keep the sheep" signs outside people's houses and on bumper stickers et cetera.