Sometime towards the end of 2008, former Prime Minister John Howard came to Perth to give a speech on human rights at the University of Western Australia. Until shortly before his visit, every state, territory, and the Federation had been ruled, for a few months, only by Labor governments. However, by the time Howard came to Perth, the Liberal Party had been elected in Western Australia; it was the only non-Labor government in Australia at that time.
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