According to the Swing Pendulum, the ALP in 1998 needed a swing of four percent to win Government. It won a swing of 5.1 percent and yet it still needed another 0.8 percent to win a majority of seats. Election night was a game of snakes and ladders for the ALP where a misguided tax cut strategy cost the ALP Government. 

 Electoral Snakes and Ladders.pdf