State Nationals leader Brendon Grylls has hardened his resolve on extended retail trading hours, pledging to oppose any moves towards increasing trading hours.
Holding a press conference today, Mr Grylls said the Nationals would not support Premier Colin Barnett's plan to extend shopping hours through increasing Perth's tourism precincts.
In parliament yesterday, Mr Barnett said he would seek to deregulate trading hours by extending tourism districts across the Perth metropolitan area and in Joondalup.
However, it is understood such a move would require the drafting of new regulations and could be susceptible to disallowance motions.
Mr Gylls said the National party was maintaining its election commitments in opposing extended trading hours.
"Until there are enough members in parliament supporting deregulation I don't see it happening," he said.
"Our position is to support small business and the third force in the grocery sector."
He said there were no fractions appearing in the Nationals-Liberal alliance and did not believe a further referendum was warranted.
Labor leader Eric Ripper - who has offered the Government a comprised 7pm extension to trading hours - said nothing had changed and he believed most of the proposal still required parliamentary approval.