Clouds hang over the eligibility of two Liberal candidates seeking preselection for Nedlands — including the only woman in the race — with a snap meeting of the State Executive to decide their fate tonight.
Jake Dietsch
WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam has accused the Cook Government of being ‘lazy’ because it is not means testing a support package for parents of school students.
WA Liberal vice president Phil Twiss has won a pre-selection battle, virtually assuring him of election at next year’s state Election.
JOE SPAGNOLO
WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam has vowed to overturn a decision to close tours to Horizontal Falls — if she becomes Premier.
Joe Spagnolo
A former Australian Christians candidate with a history of controversial online commentary – including attacking the ‘homosexual lobby’ for usurping the rainbow symbol – appears headed for Liberal preselection.
Josh Zimmerman
Liberal leader Libby Mettam has vowed to overturn WA’s ban on new uranium mines if her party wins government at the 2025 election.
Opposition Leader Shane Love has promised to overturn ‘arbitrary’ limits on gun ownership if the Nationals form government following the 2025 election – placing his party at odds with the WA Liberals.
A formal agreement on how the Liberal-National alliance plans to approach the next election is critical to resolve lingering tensions between the two parties, Opposition Leader Shane Love has conceded.
SAS veteran and star Liberal contender for the seat of Tangney, Mark Wales, will soon publish a novel that depicts a fictional Australian conflict triggered by Chinese influence.
Jake Diestch & Josh Zimmerman
Demoted Liberal Steve Thomas has won his pre-selection battle — all but assuring him of re-election in 2025.
The Liberal-National alliance is at risk of collapse amid remarkable claims Libby Mettam is prioritising ‘media stunts’ over her parliamentary duties and freezing the country party out of her decision-making.
Tjorn Sibma is at risk of losing preselection to a winnable spot on the Upper House ticket, with powerbroker Simon Ehrenfeld considered the only lock to be guaranteed a spot in Parliament in 2025.
Josh Zimmerman and Jake Dietsch
Independent Kate Chaney has declared she will run again for Curtin, only confirming the move after the Liberals preselected Tom White as their candidate in a bid to win back the seat.
Katina Curtis
Peter Dutton needs a big bang policy to win attention ahead of the next election, and he thinks he has found it in nuclear. But is it a policy that will instead go bang in his face?
Peter Dutton will not ask renegade colleague Ian Goodenough to leave the party despite the Moore MP using parliamentary privilege to smear the reputations of Liberal members in his own electorate.
Peter Dutton has vowed not to be ‘Labor-lite’ and that Australians will have a ‘clear choice at the polls’ as the Coalition prepares to unveil the policies it will take to the next election.
March marks the start of the Liberals’ eighth year in opposition. West Australians have no more idea what they offer by way of alternative government now than the day after Mark McGowan came to office in 2017.
Housing is emerging as a key battleground at the next Federal election as Labor, the Liberals and Greens pitch different plans to fix the unfolding crisis.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Peter Dutton might want to get a texta ready for this week’s visit to WA - with Labor demanding a cast iron pledge from the Liberal leader on GST.
Libby, Libby, Libby. What. Were. You. Thinking? God, you are making it hard for people to believe you are the real deal.
Nick Goiran insists he did not meddle in the South Perth pre-selection which saw the shock loss of Perth barrister Hayley Cormann.
There is widespread Liberal discontent over the single candidate seeking endorsement for the must-win seat but it’s unlikely to happen without the backing of Nick Goiran.
EXCLUSIVE Josh Zimmerman
Steve Thomas has been returned to Liberal Leader Libby Mettam’s shadow ministry three days after resigning over his dealings with fallen former Labor premier Brian Burke.
Bronwyn Waugh has won Liberal preselection in South Perth in a major boilover that saw presumed favourite Hayley Cormann place last with barely a fifth of the vote.
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