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Print text only Cancel The WA National and Liberal parties have entered into a formal alliance, after the Labor party's crushing election victory decimated the state opposition.  Key points: A 200km 'tree highway' will spread across the northern Wheatbelt Pressure is growing for more action on climate change at the federal level The Liberals were reduced to just two MPs in the Lower House, and seven in the Upper House, while the Nationals have four seats in the Legislative Assembly and three in the Legislative Council. With more seats in the Lower House, the Nationals won official opposition...

Print text only Cancel WA Premier Mark McGowan has unveiled his new-look Cabinet following a massive caucus meeting that required the WA Labor Party to find a bigger room. Key points: Michelle Roberts has become the first female Speaker in the Lower House Labor on Wednesday claimed victory in former Nationals leader Terry Redman's seat As expected, the revised ministry included re-elected MPs Amber-Jade Sanderson, Don Punch, Reece Whitby, Tony Buti and John Carey. They will join Deputy Premier Roger Cook, Sue Ellery, Stephen Dawson, Alannah MacTiernan, David Templeman, John Quigley, Paul P...

WA Premier stamps authority on Labor with ministry purge after colossal election win MonMonday 15 updated TueTuesday 16 Mark McGowan has made it clear he intends to choose his own ministry. ( Share Print text only Cancel Just in case there was any doubt about who was running the show, WA Premier Mark McGowan just stamped his authority in emphatic fashion. No one individual has enjoyed this much power in the West Australian Labor Party for a very long time, if ever. Labor leaders in WA have long had their power curtailed by union and factional leaders, having to make do with the teams they're ...

WA election leaves ex-Nationals leader Terry Redman in danger of being swept up in Labor landslide TueTuesday 16 updated TueTuesday 16 MarMarch 2021 at 12:22pm Terry Redman's seat could end up in the hands of the Labor candidate Jane Kelsbie. ( Print text only Cancel Labor looks set to pull off another upset after its stunning landslide WA election win, with the career of former Nationals leader Terry Redman hanging by a thread in the seat of Warren-Blackwood. Key points: The WA Liberals could still end up with just two Lower House MPs The Nationals and Liberals say it is too early to disc...

Liberal MP Steven Thomas lets fly at own party in wake of WA election catastrophe MonMonday 15 updated MonMonday 15 Steve Thomas says his party failed to deliver credible policies. ( Share Print text only Cancel A WA Liberal MP has launched a scathing attack on his own party's performance, saying it failed to be a "credible opposition" over the past four years and calling its central election energy proposal "the stupidest policy" ever released by the party. Key points: He said Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup was the maker of his own demise One of the last two remaining Liberal MPs, Libby Mettam...