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Colin Barnett

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Colin James Barnett (born 15 July 1950) is a former Australian politician who was the 29th Premier of Western Australia. [1]

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ABC News (Australia)

ABC News is a national news service in Australia produced by the News and Current Affairs division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician, demagogue, and revolutionary, who was the leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer ("Leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

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Age of consent

The age of consent is the age below which a minor is considered to be legally incompetent to consent to sexual acts.

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Alan Carpenter

Alan John Carpenter (born 4 January 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as the 28th Premier of Western Australia, from 2006 to 2008.

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AM (Australian radio series)

AM, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship current-affairs radio program, is one of Australia's longest-running productions.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Antony Green

Antony John Green (born 2 March 1960) is an Australian psephologist and commentator.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is the independent statistical agency of the Government of Australia.

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Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD) is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including its external territories Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Australian Medical Association

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is the professional association for Australian doctors and medical students.

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Backbencher

In Westminster parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a Member of Parliament (MP) or a legislator who holds no governmental office and is not a frontbench spokesperson in the Opposition, being instead simply a member of the "rank and file".

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Barnett Ministry

The Barnett Ministry was the 35th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia.

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Barry MacKinnon

Barry John MacKinnon (born 29 October 1944) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1977 to 1993.

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Bill Hassell

William Ralph Boucher Hassell, best known as Bill Hassell, (born 6 June 1943) is an Australian former politician who was Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia during the mid-1980s.

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Brendon Grylls

Brendon John Grylls (born 5 June 1973) is an Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2001 to 2017.

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Cabinet collective responsibility

Cabinet collective responsibility, also known as collective ministerial responsibility, is a constitutional convention in Parliamentary systems that members of the cabinet must publicly support all governmental decisions made in Cabinet, even if they do not privately agree with them.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Cheryl Edwardes

Cheryl Lynn Edwardes (born 1 March 1950) is a former Australian politician.

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Christian Porter

Charles Christian Porter (born 11 July 1970) is an Australian politician and lawyer who is the current Attorney-General of the Turnbull Government, in office since 20 December 2017.

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Cottesloe state by-election, 1990

A by-election for the seat of Cottesloe in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 11 August 1990.

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Cottesloe state by-election, 2018

A by-election for the electoral district of Cottesloe in Western Australia took place on 17 March 2018.

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Council of Australian Governments

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) is an organisation consisting of the federal government, the governments of the six states and two mainland territories and the Australian Local Government Association.

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Court–Cowan Ministry

The Court–Cowan Ministry was the 32nd Ministry of the Government of Western Australia, and was led by Liberal Premier Richard Court and his deputy, the Nationals' Hendy Cowan.

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Curtin University

Curtin University (formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public research university based in Bentley and Perth, Western Australia.

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Dan Sullivan (Australian politician)

Daniel "Dan" Frank Barron-Sullivan (born 9 June 1960 in Kuching, Sarawak) is an Australian former politician.

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David Honey

David John Honey (born 18 April 1958) is an Australian politician.

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Dean Nalder

Dean Cambell Nalder (born 5 February 1966) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia since 2013, representing the seat of Alfred Cove until 2017 and Bateman thereafter.

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Deidre Willmott

Deidre Willmott is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.

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Deputy Premier of Western Australia

The Deputy Premier of Western Australia is a role in the Government of Western Australia assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Division of Curtin

The Division of Curtin is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia.

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Electoral district of Baldivis

Baldivis is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia.

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Electoral district of Cottesloe

Cottesloe is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia.

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Electoral district of Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Electoral district of Moore

Moore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Electoral district of Nedlands

The Electoral district of Nedlands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia.

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Electoral district of Roe

Roe is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Eric Ripper

Eric Stephen Ripper (born 13 September 1951) is a retired Australian politician.

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Geoff Gallop

Geoffrey Ian Gallop AC (born 27 September 1951) is Professor and Director of the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney and former chairman of the Australian Republican Movement.

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Gillard Government

The Gillard Government was the Government of Australia led by the 27th Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, of the Australian Labor Party.

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Goods and services tax (Australia)

The goods and services tax (GST) in Australia is a value added tax of 10% on most goods and services sales, with some exemptions (such as for certain food, healthcare and housing items) and concessions (including qualifying long term accommodation which is taxed at an effective rate of 5.5%).

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Government of Western Australia

The Government of Western Australia, also referred to formally as Her Majesty's Government of Western Australia, or as the Western Australian Government or the West Australian Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Western Australia.

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Governor of Western Australia

The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the Queen of Australia, Elizabeth II.

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Hung parliament

A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures under the Westminster system to describe a situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition (also known as an alliance or bloc) has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or seats) in a parliament or other legislature.

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John Howard

John Winston Howard, (born 26 July 1939) is a former Australian politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1996 to 2007.

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Julie Bishop

Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2013 and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party since 2007.

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Ken Michael

Kenneth Comninos Michael (born 12 April 1938), a civil engineer, is an Australian academic and former public servant who was the 30th Governor of Western Australia, serving from 2006 to 2011.

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Kerry Sanderson

Kerry Gaye Sanderson (née Smith; born 21 December 1950) is an Australian businesswoman and senior public servant, who was the 32nd Governor of Western Australia, in office from 20 October 2014 to 1 May 2018.

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Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is a former Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from December 2007 to June 2010 and again from June to September 2013.

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Kim Hames

Kim Desmond Hames (born 24 March 1953) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2017.

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Kimberley (Western Australia)

The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia.

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Kimberley–Perth Canal

The Kimberley–Perth Canal is a proposal to channel water from the Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia via the Pilbara, to the southwestern capital of Perth, a distance of approximately.

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Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia)

In the Australian state of Western Australia, the Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia.

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Leadership spill

In Australian politics, a leadership spill (or simply spill) is a declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party (also known as a caucus) is vacant, and open for re-election.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Liza Harvey

Liza Mary Harvey (née Browne; born 25 October 1966) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia since 2008, representing the seat of Scarborough.

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Malcolm McCusker

Malcolm James McCusker (born 6 August 1938) is an Australian barrister and philanthropist who was the 31st Governor of Western Australia, serving from July 2011 to June 2014.

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Mark McGowan

Mark McGowan (born 13 July 1967) is an Australian politician, the 30th and current Premier of Western Australia.

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Matt Birney

Matthew John Birney (born 10 June 1969) is an Australian politician.

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Mike Nahan

Michael Dennis Nahan (born 2 July 1950) is an Australian politician and the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Western Australia.

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Murray Cowper

Murray John Cowper (born 25 October 1960) is an Australian politician, having served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2017 as the Liberal member for Murray-Wellington.

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National Party of Australia (WA)

The National Party of Australia (WA) Inc is a political party in Western Australia.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Nedlands, Western Australia

Nedlands is an affluent western suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the local government area of the City of Nedlands.

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Newspoll

Newspoll is an Australian opinion polling brand, published by The Australian and administered by Galaxy Research.

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North Melbourne, Victoria

North Melbourne is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 2 km north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Peter Abetz

Peter Abetz (born 17 December 1952) is an Australian former politician who was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2017, representing Southern River.

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Peter van Onselen

Peter van Onselen (born 19 February 1976) is an Australian political academic, author and political journalist and commentator.

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Premier of Western Australia

The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive branch of government in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Preselection

Preselection is the process by which a candidate is selected, usually by a political party, to contest an election for political office.

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Richard Court

Richard Fairfax Court (born 27 September 1947 in Nedlands), is a former Western Australian politician, serving as Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001.

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Shadow Cabinet

The Shadow Cabinet is a feature of the Westminster system of government.

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Social liberalism

Social liberalism (also known as modern liberalism or egalitarian liberalism) is a political ideology and a variety of liberalism that endorses a market economy and the expansion of civil and political rights while also believing that the legitimate role of the government includes addressing economic and social issues such as poverty, health care and education.

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Sortition

In governance, sortition (also known as allotment or demarchy) is the selection of political officials as a random sample from a larger pool of candidates.

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Swing (Australian politics)

The term swing refers to the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election or opinion poll to another, expressed as a positive or negative percentage point.

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The 7.30 Report

The 7.30 Report is an Australian week-nightly television current affairs program, that was shown on ABC1 and ABC News 24 at from 1986 to 2011.

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The Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964.

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The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon., Hon. or formerly The Hon'ble—the latter term is still used in South Asia) is a style that is used before the names of certain classes of people.

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The Sunday Times (Western Australia)

The Sunday Times, owned by Seven West Media, is a tabloid Sunday newspaper printed in Perth and distributed throughout Western Australia.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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Tony Simpson

Anthony James Simpson (born 15 July 1965) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2005 to 2017.

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Treasurer of Western Australia

The Treasurer of Western Australia is the title held by the Cabinet Minister who is responsible for the management of Western Australia's public sector finances, and for preparing and delivering the annual State Budget.

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Troy Buswell

Troy Raymond Buswell (born 19 March 1966) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2014, representing the seat of Vasse.

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Two-party-preferred vote

In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote (TPP or 2PP) is the result of an election or opinion poll after preferences have been distributed to the highest two candidates, who in some cases can be independents.

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University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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WAtoday

WAtoday is an online newspaper, focusing its coverage on Perth and Western Australia.

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Weet-Bix

Weet-Bix is a high-fibre and low-sugar breakfast cereal biscuit manufactured in Australia and New Zealand by the Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company, and in South Africa by Bokomo.

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Western Australian Legislative Assembly

The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state.

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Western Australian Legislative Council

The Western Australian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia, a state of Australia.

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Western Australian shark cull

The Western Australian shark cull is the common term for a former state government policy of capturing and killing large sharks in the vicinity of swimming beaches by use of baited drum lines.

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Western Australian state election, 1993

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 6 February 1993 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council.

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Western Australian state election, 2001

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 10 February 2001 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council.

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Western Australian state election, 2005

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 February 2005 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council.

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Western Australian state election, 2008

A general election was held in the state of Western Australia on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council.

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Western Australian state election, 2013

A general election was held in the state of Western Australia on Saturday 9 March 2013 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council.

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Western Australian state election, 2017

The 2017 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 11 March 2017 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia, including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

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References

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