Keane Bourke

Labor is facing pressure from all sides as the deadline for a decision on the extension of Woodside Energy's North West Shelf looms. 

WA Roger Cook says he won't "shackle" the state to legislation enshrining climate targets, and emissions may instead rise in the state as it develops a "green steel" industry.

WA Liberal leader Basil Zempilas commits to doing "whatever it takes" to increase the party's female members, not ruling out 50:50 quotas for preselection ahead of the next election.

A former Liberal elder who spectacularly quit the party after leaving federal parliament lashes his previous colleagues, urging them to change or risk becoming a "lesser party" in the wake of another bruising election result.

The Liberal Party has been told it has a women problem for years now, but you only have to look at its results in Western Australia to see how it's still struggling to make progress.

Unlike 2022, Western Australia won't determine the outcome of the election — that is done and dusted — but the seats of Fremantle and Bullwinkel are coming down to the wire.

The Liberals have conceded defeat in what was once one of WA's safest seats, with Teal MP Kate Chaney retaining Curtin.

Just eight weeks ago the Liberals suffered an ignominious defeat at the WA election — yet Saturday's result shows they're still not listening to voters, writes Keane Bourke.

The prime minister is hoping Roger Cook — fresh from his resounding WA election win — can help him win votes in the West, while the premier is counting on his popularity buying him influence in Canberra, writes Keane Bourke.

It was a major government policy meant to provide extra safety for some of the state's most vulnerable. Now a letter has revealed just how the implementation of WA's domestic violence strategy targeting repeat offenders went so badly wrong.

WA Opposition leader Basil Zempilas says the state government has misled the public over the use of GPS trackers for serious repeat domestic violence offenders after a letter suggested there were warnings against their use outside of Perth.

Even in WA's most affluent electorate, cost-of-living pressures are weighing on voters' minds, as Curtin hopeful Tom White tries to win back the prized seat for the Liberals from teal independent Kate Chaney.

The WA government's language has shifted dramatically in recent weeks over its move to mandate GPS tracking for serious, repeat family and domestic violence offenders, writes Keane Bourke.

Bases in Australia's north, including in WA's Kimberley, are seen as the nation's first line of protection. As pressure from China and Russia looms, what's being done to boost the region's defences?

Mobile phone black spots contribute to the WA government's inability to roll out a key domestic violence policy in the state's regions, the ABC understands. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chose Perth to launch his election campaign for the second consecutive time, after the west helped Labor form a majority government in 2022. But WA voters will need more convincing this time around. 

With the Greens almost certain to form the biggest crossbench voting bloc in WA's upper house, leader Brad Pettitt outlines how his party plans to use that power.

In a week when new Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas made his theatrical parliamentary debut, political reporter Keane Bourke outlines the challenges ahead amid rough economic headwinds.

WA's economic good times could be in the rear-view mirror, with the price of iron ore and Donald Trump's tariffs creating a bumpy road. But WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti is confident the state can withstand the shocks.

An independent review has been announced into this year's WA election after reports of widespread problems at polling booths.

In what's expected to be a close race across the country, every vote in the Federal Election will count — and a handful of Western Australian seats could decide who forms the nation's next government.

Robert Kennedy is on unplanned leave as vote counting continues in the state election — a poll marred by logistical issues — but his absence is not expected to affect the ongoing tally.

Aluminium giant Alcoa is fined $400,000 over an incident where workers and school students were burned by an "uncontrolled discharge of hot caustic solution" at its Kwinana refinery in WA. 

Basil Zempilas wakes up this morning with one of the most unenviable jobs in politics. Can he unite a party in the doldrums, or will he be just another discarded Liberal leader?

After winning his seat by an extremely thin margin, newly minted Churchlands MP Basil Zempilas is voted in by his party colleagues as leader of the WA Liberals.