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Gareth Parker State Political Editor The West Australian October 20, 2014, 2:55 am
Relations between the conservative partners in the Barnett Government have hit a new flashpoint in the wake of the Vasse by-election, with Nationals leader Terry Redman defying calls from Premier Colin Barnett to co-operate more closely to fight the real enemy - the Labor Party.
And in a rare public expression of frustration, Liberal Party State director Ben Morton lashed the Nationals' strategy of running in every seat in country WA as "stupid" and "crazy".
Mr Redman and Mr Barnett claimed moral victories yesterday from a result that saw Libby Mettam withstand a 13 per cent swing to retain Troy Buswell's old seat for the Liberals. The Nationals registered a record 28.5 per cent primary vote in the seat.
Ms Mettam won the seat 53.4 per cent to the Nationals' Peter Gordon 46.6 per cent on a two-party preferred basis, a lead of 1347 votes out of 19,523 counted.
"We came within a whisker of getting the seat," Mr Redman said. "We'd love to have got the seat but we're not disappointed at all with our performance.
"It's a very good outcome."
Mr Barnett said: "I regard this as a very convincing result for the Liberal Party, an absolutely convincing result. I don't think the National Party can celebrate their vote. I believe they thought they could win this seat. They fell well short."
The Premier said the Nationals and Liberals should in future limit competing against one another where it was "not necessary".
"It uses up valuable resources, both people and financial," he said. "The Nationals running in Vasse, which they're entitled to do, cost everyone a lot of time and a lot of money - and the result is the same."
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ABC An overhead photo of an shale gas exploration well near Penola in the state's south-east.
The South Australian Opposition says it voted against a Greens inquiry into unconventional gas despite its election pledge to support one because the terms were too broad.
It sided with the government on Friday to vote down the Greens' motion for a parliamentary inquiry into unconventional gas.
Naracoorte-based MP Mitch Williams said the proposed terms were too broad and he would only support an inquiry if it were more specific to the south-east.
The area, which is host to prime farmland and the renowned Coonawarra wine region, has been heavily earmarked by the State Government for shale gas extraction - a form of mining that relies entirely on the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Early exploration has resulted in heavy protest from the community, with multiple local governments, landowners and community groups calling for an inquiry.
"We have a very important oil and gas industry in South Australia," Mr Williams said.
"It is very important for the State's economy, but more importantly, it's a very important source of energy in this state and without it we would be in diabolical trouble.
"The inquiry, as proposed by the Greens, I believe, threatened that."
The Liberal Party promised to support an inquiry into unconventional gas before the state election in March.
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SA Liberals defend vote to block 'fracking' inquiry despite election pledge
October 19, 2014, 12:57 pm
The Liberals have declared victory in the West Australian seat of Vasse, although there has been a significant swing against the party.
Libby Mettam, a journalist-turned-media adviser for MP Barry House, currently holds 44.36 per cent of the vote, after 81.21 per cent was counted on Saturday night.
Her closest competitor was Busselton businessman Peter Gordon from the Nationals who secured 28.53 per cent from the early count.
In the two-candidate preferred vote, Ms Mettam secured 53.45 per cent while Mr Gordon held 46.55 per cent.
It was a 14 per cent drop for the Liberal Party since the 2013 election.
Since postal votes can be accepted until Thursday, counting will resume then.
Ms Mettam campaigned that she wanted to see local health and education services upgraded in line with the region's growing population, while also protecting natural assets.
She told a public forum in the lead-up to the election that she was willing to cross the floor on the issue of fracking in the South West region if it was what people in her electorate wanted.
The other four candidates in the by-election were structural engineer Michael Baldock for the Greens, Wayne Barnett for the Australian Christians, and independents Peter Johnson and Teresa Van Lieshout.
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