WA election fallout as Labor's Mark Bishop lambasts mining and carbon tax

Outgoing senator says Greens well on way to replacing Labor as the progressive party in WA

Labor has indulged in a bout of finger-pointing and public recrimination after managing to attract only 22% of the primary vote in the West Australian Senate election re-run at the weekend.

The outgoing Labor senator, Mark Bishop, who is from the same faction and influential trade union power bloc as the controversial lead ALP candidate, Joe Bullock but was effectively dumped in a bruising preselection battle in 2013 went on morning radio in an attempt to distance himself from the poor result.

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source Guardian