Labor quiet on ‘dirty’ preferences

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Labor quiet on ‘dirty’ preferences

WA LABOR has refused to deny it stitched up a deal with the Liberal Party to cruel independent candidate Kate Hullet’s tilt at the March 8 poll. Earlier this week Ms Hullet claimed to have a tip-off from “high-up” WA Liberals that the party had offered to put Ms McGurk above her on their how-to-vote cards in exchange for getting preferences above the Nationals in key regional seats. Ms Hulett says the deal tied in the seats of Kalamunda, Kalgoor…