Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) | Hansard source

I rise to speak about the Rockingham by-election held in my home state of WA on the weekend. In particular, I want to thank and congratulate the local Liberal candidate, Peter Hudson. Peter's an outstanding young man. He was born and raised in the area; in fact, he lives in the suburb of Waikiki, which is just a few minutes from the heart of Rockingham. Peter ran an exceptional campaign and secured a 22½ per cent swing away from Labor in its safest seat in the state. The state Labor government has tried to spin this as, somehow, a good result, given that the opinion polls about a week before the by-election showed a 24 per cent swing. They managed improved that to a 22½ per cent swing against them.