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Pressure on MPs as Legislative Council becomes WA’s political Colosseum
WA's Legislative Council is a strange beast and anyone who tells you they know who has the numbers in the debate on euthanasia is lying.
Even the state’s best pundits and hard-headed factional warlords are only guessing.
- Narhan Hondros
- WAtoday
But while many agree the result will be tight, the survival of the McGowan Government’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill looked a little more possible after yesterday’s front-page announcement by Liberal MP Tjorn Sibma he would throw his vote behind the draft laws.
Sometimes, when a vote is close and there is much at stake, an MP will break one way or the…