Basil Zempilas and Libby Mettam.

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 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
WA Premier Roger Cook after election day.

‘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
Liberal leader Libby Mettam delivering her concession speech on Saturday night.

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
Premier Roger Cook and his wife Carly after the victory speech.

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 andJesinta Burton
The Armadale line elevation project.

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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Churchlands candidate Basil Zempilas greets Libby Mettam at the Scarborough Beach Road polling booth.

‘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
WA Premier Roger Cook and Liberal leader Libby Mettam have gone head to head in the only leaders debate.

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
Premier Roger Cook at his party’s campaign launch on Sunday.

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 andRachael Clifford