WA election
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- WA Parliament
Pomp, ceremony – and dire warnings, as Parliament returns and Zempilas faces Cook
The long-awaited showdown between the newly minted opposition leader and the wall of Labor MPs has lived up to the hype with an animated first question time.
- Hamish Hastie
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Zempilas unveils new shadow cabinet with a pitch to ‘deregulate’ and reform the public sector
The Liberals and Nationals have agreed to form a joint interim cabinet ahead of a raft of new upper house MPs entering parliament in May.
- Hamish Hastie
Former governor to lead inquiry into WA election debacle
Malcolm McCusker will be joined by representatives from Labor, Liberals, the Greens and the Nationals.
- Hamish Hastie
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- Political leadership
Basil Zempilas elected as WA opposition leader unopposed
With Adam Hort’s win in Kalamunda the Liberal party has secured seven seats in the lower house making the party the official opposition.
- Hamish Hastie
- Exclusive
- The Pilbara
WAEC to investigate alleged sexist remarks and Pilbara MP buying vote counters lunch
In a complaint sent to the commission by Liberal upper house MP Neil Thomson on behalf of the Liberals’ Pilbara candidate Amanda Kailis he said a Liberal scrutineer was subjected to “deprecatory remarks” based on her gender.
- Hamish Hastie
Nationals even the ledger as Zempilas’ chance at opposition leader rests on Kalamunda
On the current count, both the Nationals and Liberals have won three extra seats each in the lower house taking their totals to six seats each.
- Hamish Hastie
- Opinion
- Opinion
Zempilas the only choice for WA Liberals to rejoin the fight
The former Lord Mayor and Channel 7 sports presenter has a lot going for him as leader of the Liberals but there are just as many unknowns.
- Hamish Hastie
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- Libby Mettam
Libby Mettam quits as WA Liberal leader with Basil Zempilas to put hand up
In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Mettam said she would have liked to continue as leader but did not have the support in the party.
- Hamish Hastie
- Analysis
- Analysis
Roger Cook’s new cabinet is a branding exercise tied to his economic dreams
Since coming to the job in May 2023, Roger Cook has stated several times he wants to grow other industries so WA is not as reliant on the resources sector. But it is a difficult prospect.
- Hamish Hastie
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- Roger Cook
Health split in major Cook cabinet shake-up
See the full results of Roger Cook’s first cabinet reshuffle this term.
- Hamish Hastie
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