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The WA Liberal and National parties are locked on six seats a piece with one down-to-the-wire seat set to determine which party has more numbers in the lower house.

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam says it wasn't a difficult decision to step down from her role, and confirmed she would seek to continue as the party's deputy leader.

Basil Zempilas has confirmed he will throw his hat in the ring for the WA Liberal Party's leadership after Libby Mettam stood down from the role.

Basil Zempilas is set to become the WA Liberal Party's new leader as Libby Mettam reveals she will not seek re-election to the role following the party's heavy election defeat.

WA has led the way in national employment figures, with the lowest unemployment rate and the highest population growth in the country.

An ambitious green hydrogen project north of Kalbarri has become the first recipient of the federal government's Hydrogen Headstart Program, gaining backing of $814 million.

The Member for Curtin likened funding without reform in WA's social housing space to having “an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff”.

OPINION: The Liberals did not bring enough firepower to the campaign in policy or personnel terms.

The Liberal Party of Australia has pledged to fast track approval of the North West Shelf project in Karratha, if elected in the upcoming federal election.

The WA government's regional ministers will be directed to address housing shortages and regional development roadblocks in major country towns.

Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton knocked back suggestions that the Liberal Party would do poorly in the state, following Labor's success in the WA election.

Premier Roger Cook has signalled a shift away from state agreements as the government looks to more ‘sophisticated' policy levers to regulate and stimulate the resources sector.

OPINION: The taxpayer bailout of Whyalla's steel mill shows governments should stay out of business.

Western Australia's health portfolio has been split in two and regional ministers have been introduced to premier Roger Cook's inaugural third-term cabinet.

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong used a Business News breakfast event to double down on the importance of Southeast Asia in Australia's path navigating the fallout of US tariffs.

The state government has received an open letter urging an inquiry into the handling of the March state election from its political rivals in an early display of unity following the ballot.

Three Labor MPs have been elevated to Premier Roger Cook's cabinet, while his former right-hand man has parachuted right into a senior ministerial support role.

Political parties have claimed victory in two more seats over the weekend as final counting for the March 8 Western Australian election rolls on at a glacial pace.

WA Labor has announced City of Perth councillor Viktor Ko as its candidate for Curtin, to run against incumbent MP Kate Chaney and Liberal party's Tom White, two months from the election.

Cowan MP Anne Aly has warned voters of using the recent Western Australian results to predict the upcoming federal election, while reflecting on the tight race in Fremantle.

The labour hire firm engaged to recruit staff for the state election has rejected claims the electoral process was outsourced to the company.

Western Australia is set for a $6 billion windfall under the latest GST carve-up, but not everyone is happy as more dollars flow through to Victoria.

Of nine lower house seats in doubt following last weekend's state election, one has since been called.

Western Australia's highest-ranking bureaucrat Emily Roper will vacate her role at the end of next week, following Labor's victory at last weekend's state election.

WA's peak mining lobby group has welcomed a $750 million commitment for green metals projects, announced by Anthony Albanese during a visit to Perth today.

The labour hire firm contracted to employ staff for this year's WA election insists it hired the number of staff it was contracted to hire, after revelations staffing fell well short of what was tendered for.

The federal government will not place trade sanctions on the US in retaliation to the US placing tariffs on Australian products.

State election staffing fell 3,000 personnel short of the workforce requirements originally set for it by the Western Australian Electoral Commission.

Liberal candidate Tom White says he can snatch Curtin from teal hands.

The professionalism of unions is the greatest challenge facing the Liberal Party, according to former WA premier Colin Barnett.

Former WA premier Colin Barnett has foreshadowed a federal raid to take over the state's mining industry and backed construction of a gas pipeline to the east coast.

Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court used an address at the National Press Club to criticise the major parties and Clive Palmer, and praise independents.