WA Liberals to bring in professionals to weed out controversy ahead of 2025 election
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WA Liberals to bring in professionals to weed out controversy ahead of 2025 election

Nominees will pay for the third party vetting themselves via the party’s pricier nomination fee schedule which was agreed to by its state council on the weekend.

  • byHamish Hastie

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Property Council boss puts hand up in race for Cottesloe preselection

Property Council boss puts hand up in race for Cottesloe preselection

Property Council WA executive director Sandra Brewer will nominate herself for preselection in the Liberal stronghold of Cottesloe,pitting herself against incumbent David Honey.

  • byHamish Hastie
One less regional electorate,one more for Perth in voting district shake-up

One less regional electorate,one more for Perth in voting district shake-up

Moore and North West Central will be merged into one electorate to be called Mid West,while in Perth’s south,the Oakford electorate will take in several suburbs including Anketell,Aubin Grove,Banjup and Forrestdale.

  • byDaile Cross
Arrest warrant issued for former WA One Nation senator Rod Culleton

Arrest warrant issued for former WA One Nation senator Rod Culleton

The 58-year-old ran as a candidate for the Great Australia Party in 2022,but allegedly lied about his financial circumstances on his nomination form.

  • byHolly Thompson
WA Nationals retain North West Central,major opposition party status

WA Nationals retain North West Central,major opposition party status

Merome Beard has taken an unbeatable lead with nearly 60 per cent of the votes on a two-party basis.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA Labor party pulls in record $12m in revenue

WA Labor party pulls in record $12m in revenue

Annual political party disclosures paint the picture of who was paying to play in the WA political scene in 2020-21 with some large individual donors coming out of the woodwork for a big election year.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
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A massive shift in how you vote:Regional and city representatives scrapped from WA’s upper house

A massive shift in how you vote:Regional and city representatives scrapped from WA’s upper house

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has delivered Labor’s 120-year dream to change Parliament and give the party a better chance at controlling both houses in the years to come.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Byford residents in ‘citizen’s arrest’ of suspected voter ballot thieves

Byford residents in ‘citizen’s arrest’ of suspected voter ballot thieves

Police arrived to find Byford residents had detained two people suspected of stealing mail from letterboxes on Hinsey Lane.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA Labor’s ‘120-year dream’ comes true with one-vote,one-value reforms

WA Labor’s ‘120-year dream’ comes true with one-vote,one-value reforms

The Electoral Equality Bill will mirror the recommendations in a report into electoral reform headed by former WA governor Malcolm McCusker.

  • byHamish Hastie andPeter de Kruijff
Duda to step down as WA Liberals president ahead of humiliating election loss review

Duda to step down as WA Liberals president ahead of humiliating election loss review

In an email to members on Friday Ms Duda said she intended to support all the recommendations of the review but warned the party would not be saved unless it developed a “culture of respect”.

  • byHamish Hastie
‘One vote,one value’ reforms an abuse of WA government’s overwhelming power

‘One vote,one value’ reforms an abuse of WA government’s overwhelming power

To reduce the representation of regional voters in Parliament is an attack on all Western Australians’ sense of a fair go.

  • byTjorn Sibma