Eight seats yet to be called days after WA voters went to the polls

Labor claims victory in Freo as McGurk edges past Hulett

The Cook Government has now secured 43 out of 59 Lower House seats — two more than its 2017 landslide — and is ahead in three others.

Eight seats yet to be called days after WA voters went to the polls

It's nearly a week since the WA election was held — and while Labor won emphatically, a handful of seats remain in doubt. Here's a guide to what remains undecided.

Poll party on hold as triumphant premier waits on count

The final makeup of state parliament is still taking shape after Labor's barnstorming third-term victory, delaying the returning...

WA needs a JSCEM

Over the last few years I have had the privilege of making submissions and then appearing before parliamentary inquiries reviewing the conduct of the most recent federal election and the most recent state elections in New South Wales and Victoria. Each of these inquiries are a standard practice following every general election, and are conducted by a standing joint committee dedicated to electoral matters. In NSW and federally it is called the J…

Result still on a knife’s edge

ABSENTEE and postal votes have given Labor MP Simone McGurk some breathing room after a couple of nervous days running behind independent Kate Hulett in the contest to be Fremantle’s next member of Parliament. Ms McGurk, who has held the seat since 2013, received a large portion of primary votes from polling booths, but an early preference prediction by the WA Electoral Commission favoured Ms Hulett who was shown a point or two ahead for the fir…