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As we look into the crystal ball for WA in 2022 reopening the borders will be the biggest hurdle the McGowan government will overcome, but for the first time in nearly two years, there may be a time that the virus does not dominate the political discourse.
As we look into the crystal ball for WA in 2022 reopening the borders will be the biggest hurdle the McGowan government will overcome, but for the first time in nearly two years, there may be a time that the virus does not dominate the political discourse.
WA election: Record number of women set to claim seat in Parliament following landslide Posted MonMonday 15 updated MonMonday 15 MarMarch 2021 at 4:47am Lisa Munday, who unseated Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup in Dawesville, is one of the three MPs named Lisa who have claimed seats for Labor. ( Share Print text only Cancel After a Liberal party wipe-out, WA's Lower House will end up with more female MPs elected in 2021 than the total number of Liberal women, 25, to have ever sat in the WA Parliament. There may also end up being more Lower House MPs named Lisa than Liberal party members. Key po...
The Liberal party in Western Australia could face up to 12 years in opposition after a once-in-a-century wipeout that delivered Labor the biggest majority and the strongest two-party preferred result of any modern Australian government. On Sunday premier Mark McGowan moved to ease concerns about what his government would do with an overwhelming majority in both houses, telling voters there was “nothing to fear”. “People have seen with me and my...
The polling was conducted early this week before Kirkup on Thursday announced his intention to quit politics if he lost his seat, and held a disastrous press conference on his party’s costings. The 34-year-old pinned much of his campaign as opposition leader on his lifelong ambition to be in politics – an ambition which could be over by 6pm. He would be the first WA Liberal leader to lose his seat in 88 years. The Liberal party has held Dawesville since it was created in 1994. As of Friday, 653,457 votes – 499,226 pre-poll and 154,231 postal – had already been cast. That’s 38% of to...