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dc.contributor.authorPhillimore, John
dc.contributor.authorMcMahon, Lance
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:37:17Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:37:17Z
dc.date.created2015-07-16T06:21:47Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationPhillimore, J. and McMahon, L. 2015. Moving Beyond 100 Years: The "WA Approach" to National Party Survival. Australian Journal of Politics and History. 61 (1): pp. 37-52.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33457
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ajph.12085
dc.description.abstract

Since its formation in 1913, the Western Australian branch of the National Party has faced many challenges to its survival. Electoral reform removing rural malapportionment in 2005 prompted changes in strategic direction, including abandoning coalition with the Liberal Party and creating a discrete image, branding and policy approach. Holding the balance of power after the 2008 election, the party adopted a post-election bargaining strategy to secure ministries and funding for its "Royalties for Regions" policy. This "WA approach" is distinctive from amalgamation and coalition arrangements embraced elsewhere in Australia. This article updates progress of the strategy following state and federal elections in 2013 and finds that it has been a success measured by increased votes, seats and policy influence and expansion into regional Western Australia to displace Labor. However, its applicability to other branches of the National Party is likely to be limited.

dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.titleMoving Beyond 100 Years: The "WA Approach" to National Party Survival
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume61
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage37
dcterms.source.endPage52
dcterms.source.issn0004-9522
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Politics and History
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Phillimore, J. and McMahon, L. 2015. Moving Beyond 100 Years: The "WA Approach" to National Party Survival. Australian Journal of Politics and History. 61 (1): pp. 37-52], which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/ajph.12085. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving at http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms

curtin.departmentJohn Curtin Institute of Public Policy (JCIPP)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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