It wasn’t that long ago that a Western Australian landslide win — for the Liberals — was called at just 8.40 pm local time, much to the joy of poll watchers in the Eastern States.
Last night Labor triumph was called at 6.34. That’s right. Counting of pre-polls began immediately after voting ended at 6.00
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