WA Labor appears to have won another seat this afternoon, with candidate Katrina Stratton having taken the lead in the once safe Liberal seat of Nedlands by 1,052 votes.
The Nationals will hold just four seats in the lower house after former party leader Terry Redman lost the South West seat he's held since 2013 this morning.
There are still three seats in doubt in the Legislative Assembly as the vote count continues this afternoon, with Nationals MP Terry Redman and Liberal Sean L'Estrange at risk of losing their seats.
Blue ribbon Liberal seats such as Churchlands, Nedlands and Carine are line ball as Labor looks set for more than 50 districts in the 59-seat parliament. Click through for eight articles from today's coverage.
The new president of the Liberal Party's Mt Lawley branch has called on powerbroker Peter Collier to resign, blaming the long-serving Upper House member and fellow powerbrokers Nick Goiran and Math
Dean Nalder has announced he will not recontest Bateman at the next state election, one week after ending his bid to succeed Liza Harvey as opposition leader.
Steve Thomas and Tony Krsticevic are among those given more responsibility in changes to the shadow cabinet announced by opposition leader Liza Harvey on the weekend.
The state government has approved the use of recycled construction and demolition (C&D) waste as road base for the Kwinana Freeway widening project, seven years after the Barnett government's attempt to do the same thing foundered.
Western Australia has slipped in the latest rankings of an international survey that measures the impact of government policy on exploration and mining investment.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state government has rejected criticism of the cost and projected savings of its flagship medihotel healthcare policy, after work began on the construction of the first facility earlier this month.
The federal government has commissioned ACIL Allen and GHD to study the possible development of a pipeline from Western Australia to the eastern states, one of the critical elements of a possible national gas market.
Drivers will be able to turn left on red lights at 10 intersections across Perth under a trial announced by Liberal Transport Minister Bill Marmion if the party is re-elected next Saturday.
Work has started on a $70 million expansion of the Busselton-Margaret River regional airport, after Ertech and Arup were awarded contracts for development of the project.
A subsidiary of Spanish-controlled CIMIC Group will build the final stage of the $1.12 billion Northlink WA roads project, with the state government awarding the last unassigned portion of work today.
The state government has granted $415,000 to 20 local defence industry businesses on the same day it announced applications were open for a pool of $400,000 of innovation vouchers.
The Barnett government is hoping to slash its spending on information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure by up to 25 per cent after signing contracts today with three international vendors.
A joint venture between BGC Contracting and Laing O'Rourke has been confirmed as the successful bidder for a $417 million contract to deliver the second stage of the Northlink WA roads project.
BMD Constructions has won a $13.6 million contract from Main Roads for a new traffic bridge in Australind, creating a third crossing over the Collie River.
The state government is targeting transport and occupational licences as the first comprehensive set of services to be offered through a new web site that it hopes will eventually become a single portal for accessing all services.
The state government has named the preferred proponent for its $55 million Ellenbrook Bus Rapid Transit project, with work expected to begin by the end of the year.
The organisers of Perth's inaugural Festival of the Web, which will incorporate the International World Wide Web conference, hope to attract 3,000 delegates to the Western Australian capital next April.
The joint venture that has today started construction of the state government's $1.96 billion Forrestfield-Airport Rail Link project has also submitted a proposal for the third stage of the NorthLink WA road project.
A co-funding program with angel investors and a commercialisation fund for Western Australia's universities are the ‘big ticket' items in the state government's $20 million innovation strategy, released last night.
The state government has talked up the benefits of its transport plan for the new Perth Stadium, with up to 23,000 patrons expected to take one of the two bridges crossing the Swan River as they exit the stadium after an event.
Work will start on the controversial $540 million Roe 8 highway extension project before the next state election, with a consortium led by CIMIC Group to be awarded a contract for the project in the coming days.
Changes to freeway merging lanes have provided a welcome boost to Perth drivers, with the recent changes improving traffic flow and cutting journey times.
Innovation Minister Bill Marmion has named the three inaugural winners of the Start IT Up WA Challenge, with the teams to share in a $100,000 prize pool to develop their projects in collaboration with the state government.
More than half of the electricity used in the Pilbara town of Onslow will be sourced from renewable sources by 2020, with the state government today announcing it will be home to Australia's largest distributed generation microgrid.
The state government has given its tick of approval for Rio Tinto to develop more iron ore deposits at the mining giant's Western Turner Syncline operation near Tom Price.
