WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls loses seat to Labor after attack from mining lobby
by Calla Wahlquist from Environment | The Guardian on (#2FSNH)
Grylls thanks supporters on Facebook after Colin Barnett's government loses Western Australian election
Brendon Grylls, the leader of the Western Australian National party, who spearheaded a campaign to increase charges paid by Australia's two biggest mining companies, has lost his seat to Labor.
Grylls is yet to make a formal statement but told Australian Associated Press on Tuesday that he had conceded the seat, saying: "I can't come back from this."
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