DESPITE West Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan finally admitting he does not support the carbon tax, the premier says he continues to "flip-flop" on all his opinions.
Premier Colin Barnett had long been calling on Mr McGowan to state whether he supported the tax or not but the opposition leader had refused to comment because it was a federal issue.
Mr McGowan finally revealed on Saturday that he did not support the tax.
The premier told reporters on Sunday that Mr McGowan had given him the impression that his silence meant he did support the tax and was now changing his mind.
"He's like that on all issues," Mr Barnett said.
"He sits on the fence and he changes his mind, flip-flop all the time."
Mr Barnett said the Labor leader had been sitting on the fence for more than two years.
"Now in an election campaign suddenly he doesn't support the carbon tax?" he said.
"I mean it's just not credible ... it's too late."
However, a spokesman for Mr McGowan said there was no backflip on his opinion about the carbon tax - he simply had not stated his opinion until now.
"It is an inconvenient truth for the premier but the fact is that Mark McGowan doesn't support the carbon tax," he said.
Political analyst Peter Kennedy said Mark McGowan had timed his announcement well.
"I think it'll enhance his position with the WA public because Mr Barnett's tried to say that WA Labor would dance to Federal Labor's tune and this is an indication from Mr McGowan that that's not the case," he told the ABC.
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