A smiling and relaxed Mr McGowan fronted the media on Sunday, just hours after leading Labor to a landslide win over the two-term Barnett Liberal government.
“It’s one of those happy surprises in life that sometimes comes along,” he said of winning about 40 of the 59 seats.
“I think the scale of the swing shows how people really wanted a fresh start and a change.”
But Mr McGowan was focused on how his government would tackle the challenges ahead.
“We have a serious financial situation in Western Australia and a serious economic situation,” he told reporters in his home suburb and electorate of Rockingham.
“We’ll go through budget and cut out any wasteful expenditure.”
He and his treasury team – likely to include an Australian first with Yamatji man Ben Wyatt as treasurer – would get started as soon possible…
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