It was Liberals Colin Barnet that sent WA broke after the largest boom in Australia's history , McGowan made decisions to cut back on hospital and government spending while WA was broke and recieved zero dollars in the GST something he copped alot of flack for . In the end it paid off as he got WA back in the black during a downturn. Problem is lack of hospital spending has caught up but with the agreement McGowan made with the Feds on the GST and the commodities boom money is now flowing and he has committed $9.6 billion to health services.
