WA election
WA MP still wants to run for One Nation, but the party might not want him
Upper house MP Ben Dawkins said he would remain a member of One Nation, which he joined in February, and expressed interest in running as one of the party’s lower house candidates.
- by Hamish Hastie
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List of WA Labor MP’s to step down before 2025 election has grown again
Member for Swan Hills Jessica Shaw has called time on her political career, declaring it would be more effective for her to tackle climate change and aid the energy transition from outside the halls of parliament.
- by Jesinta Burton
Labor stalwart’s retirement opens door for WA Premier’s right-hand man to enter politics
WA Labor stalwart Margaret Quirk has announced she is retiring from politics, the eighth MP to reveal they will exit the chamber ahead of the March 2025 state election.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Housing crisis
New push to pinch skilled workers from the east and bring them to WA
Under a WA Property Council proposal, a business that successfully relocated an employee west for two years would be reimbursed the payroll tax paid.
- by Hamish Hastie
WA Nationals put payroll tax front and centre with election pledge
The Nationals party will lift the payroll tax threshold to $1.3 million if they form part of the next West Australian government.
- by Hamish Hastie
WA Liberals leader vows to overturn uranium mining ban if elected
Libby Mettam made the commitment at an Association of Mining and Exploration Companies breakfast in Perth on Thursday.
- by Hamish Hastie
Pauline Hanson rails against VROs while welcoming One Nation’s newest WA candidate
Hanson railed against family violence restraining orders as she announced upper house MP Ben Dawkins, who was booted from Labor due to his VRO breaches, would contest the 2025 WA election for One Nation.
- by Hamish Hastie
Zempilas to run for Liberals in Churchlands as familiar foes face off again
The lack of an opponent means Basil Zempilas will sail through preselection to contest the most-winnable seat in the state for the Liberals.
- by Hamish Hastie
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ALP
How Scarborough pool laps changed John Quigley’s mind on retirement
After weeks of speculation WA’s attorney-general, and its oldest and most colourful MP has confirmed his retirement. But he’s not quite done with law reform.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Perth
Clan-aligned WA Liberals candidates to duke it out for winnable upper house spot
Anthony Spagnolo and Phil Twiss have both nominated themselves for the WA Liberals’ east metro ticket, which was vacated after the retirement of MP Donna Faragher last month.
- by Hamish Hastie
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ALP
Johnston lieutenant shaping up as his replacement in Cannington
Ron Sao was former mining minister Bill Johnston’s chief of staff when Johnston announced his retirement. His preselection would maintain Labor’s status quo.
- by Hamish Hastie
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