King of WA resigns

Monday, 29 May 2023

Western Australia’s premier, Mark McGowan, has resigned.

McGowan made the announcement to a crowded press conference at Perth’s Dumas House on the eve of his 30th year in parliament. His entire government was present.

“The truth is I’m tired, very tired, in fact I’m exhausted,” he admitted. I have been giving this a lot of thought, so please know that it is not a hasty decision. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as WA Labour Party leader.

I guess the Chinese were wrong. Mark McGowan is not the King of WA.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.