Liberals’ ‘shambolic’ election promise cost reveal lacking underlying analysis

Liberals’ ‘shambolic’ election promise cost reveal lacking underlying analysis

The big reveal of the potential cost to the West Australian budget from the Liberal Party’s more than 200 campaign promises has been likened to a performance by the Three Stooges.

  • byPeter de Kruijff

Latest

WA should follow public health advice on gambling regulation
Opinion
Gambling

WA should follow public health advice on gambling regulation

There is an inherit conflict between the government’s role as gambling regulator and its position as a financial beneficiary of the industry,according to Greens leader Alison Xamon.

  • byAlison Xamon
Labor keeps Swanbourne apartment block plans quiet until after election

Labor keeps Swanbourne apartment block plans quiet until after election

WAtoday understands Labor is keen to avoid another controversy about its closeness to property developers ahead of Saturday’s election,refusing to confirm plans for the multi-storey development.

  • byHamish Hastie andGareth Parker
WA’s bold leadership on COVID-19 must also be applied to climate change action

WA’s bold leadership on COVID-19 must also be applied to climate change action

We are rapidly reaching a point where the cost of not acting on climate change is greater than the cost of acting.

  • byBrad Hiller
Running on empty:last days on the campaign trail with Zak Kirkup

Running on empty:last days on the campaign trail with Zak Kirkup

WAtoday spent Tuesday following the exhausted Opposition Leader around the hustings as he sandbagged his own seat and tried to push through to election day.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
In their own words:Zak Kirkup’s final pitch to WA voters
Opinion
Opinion

In their own words:Zak Kirkup’s final pitch to WA voters

WAtoday has offered each leader of the two major parties the chance to put their views in an op-ed ahead of the election. Here is Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup’s.

  • byZak Kirkup
Advertisement
In their own words:Mark McGowan’s final pitch to WA voters
Opinion
Opinion

In their own words:Mark McGowan’s final pitch to WA voters

WAtoday has offered each leader of the two major parties the chance to put their views in an op-ed ahead of the election. Here is Premier Mark McGowan’s.

  • byMark McGowan
WA Election 2021:Does your candidate live in your electorate?

WA Election 2021:Does your candidate live in your electorate?

Nearly half of the candidates in the lower house for Saturday’s WA election do not live in the electorate they are running for.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
How ‘unremarkable Mark’ became WA’s rock star Premier

How ‘unremarkable Mark’ became WA’s rock star Premier

Australia’s state leaders have all enjoyed a surge of popularity during the pandemic but the rock star status of McGowan,a 53-year-old from Perth’s mortgage-belt,has turned political orthodoxies on their head.

  • byHamish Hastie
Liberal candidate for Jandakot under fire over religious views

Liberal candidate for Jandakot under fire over religious views

A WA Liberal candidate whose pastor father believes Donald Trump was appointed by God and the Black Lives Matter movement is the work of the devil,has come under fire over his endorsement of posts by a Christian commentator that labelled the LGBTQ community as “Gaystapo”.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Do you really want to vote above the line? Your quick election guide to WA’s 19 parties

Do you really want to vote above the line? Your quick election guide to WA’s 19 parties

Premier Mark McGowan may be set for a second term in parliament but majority control of the upper house to be able to pass legislation unimpeded will be a tougher challenge.

  • byPeter de Kruijff