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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... on top of him. Mr Barnett said legislation was needed to enact the change but Opposition Leader Eric Ripper has pledged to support it. The child deaths review committee was set up in 2003 after a recommendation from the 2002 Gordon inquiry into Aboriginal deaths, but Child Protection Minister Robyn McSweeney said it had been terminally under-resourced and lacked power. She said the...
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The Poll Bludger (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
The West Australian today brings us its monthly Westpoll survey of state voting intention from a sample of 400 voters. It finds the Liberals’ two-party lead narrowing slightly to 56-44 from 57-43 last month. Primary votes are Liberal 49.25 per cent, Labor 34.75 per cent, Greens 10 per cent and Nationals 4 per cent. Opposition Leader Eric Ripper is up two points to 19 per cent as preferred...
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
... in an exclusive story, written by reporter Paul Lampathakis, revealed that former treasurer Eric Ripper had asked a cabinet sub-committee for an extra $16 million to spend on political advertising. But this week, Mr O'Callaghan told the Perth Press Club: "It is my view that the raid should never have occurred. "I'm not blaming the police who executed the search warrant. They are unfortunate...
