Libby Mettam
‘Pride and love’: Cook offers tearful thanks to wife and family as work begins on Labor’s third term
On the current vote count Labor has secured at least 40 seats with tight contests in Pilbara and Kalgoorlie likely to fall their way.
- Hamish Hastie
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Time is ticking for WA Liberals after another catastrophic defeat
The WA Liberals learnt nothing from their supposed rebuild after 2021 and their future in this state is not guaranteed.
- Hamish Hastie
Roger Cook leads WA Labor to third consecutive election win
Labor remains in government, and while a swing gives WA’s decimated Liberals some hope, the votes didn’t all flow as planned.
- Hamish Hastie and Jesinta Burton
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- WA election
Metronet ‘circle line’ could rise from ashes if Labor wins another term
Labor’s original vision for Metronet included north and south circle routes, but that has not yet come to fruition.
- Hamish Hastie
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‘We’re not promising the world’: The unflappable Libby Mettam on getting things done rather than fancy stuff
Unionists and irate early voters are nothing for the Liberal leader who has developed diamond skin through one of the toughest periods of her party’s entire history.
- Hamish Hastie
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- WA election
First and only WA leaders debate rushed and uninspiring
The pair largely stuck to their talking points in the 40-minute snoozefest in which a small audience watching on determined Cook was the narrow victor.
- Hamish Hastie
WA Labor and Liberals trade barbs as election campaigns launch half an hour apart
Don’t Change, Labor pleaded to voters as their campaign song blared – while the Liberals have High Hopes for a huge improvement on 2021.
- Hamish Hastie and Rachael Clifford
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