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    Mettam wasn’t word perfect but she landed more hits on Cook

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    JESSICA PAGE    CommentsPremium
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    Leaders are shadow boxing, but they’re in different fights

  3. WA ELECTION 2025PremiumWATCH: MP’s car stolen, later used in bottle shop ram raid

  4. WA ELECTION 2025 CommentsWhich candidate was camera-shy when polling opened today?

  5. WA ELECTION 2025CommentsPremiumCandidates targeted as voting begins across the State

Albany Liberal Thomas Brough with leader Libby Mettam

WA Election 2025PremiumControversial Liberal candidate referred to medical tribunal

Thomas Brough has been referred to a medical tribunal over a professional misconduct complaint.

Dylan Caporn

Rainbow Coast Neighbourhood Centre staff with Albany MLA Rebecca Stephens and Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti (third and fourth from right).

state election 2025PremiumLabor pledges more than $230k to Albany community groups

Albany Labor candidate Rebecca Stephens has confirmed more promises for smaller Albany community groups as she campaigns to secure a second term in her seat, offering more than $230,000 in February so far.

Melissa Sheil

Hundreds filed in to Shop 10 Dog Rock Boulevarde to vote early in Albany on Monday morning.

state election 2025PremiumAlbany early polling survey reveals duopoly split seat

Albany voters turned out in their droves on Monday for the first day of early voting with a street poll revealing a marginal lead for the Labor incumbent.

Melissa Sheil

Premier Roger Cook with Albany MLA Rebecca Stephens on Friday.

state election 2025PremiumCook spruiks promise of State-owned freight rail in Albany

The Premier has touted the Great Southern as the big winners of Labor’s plan to bring WA’s freight rail network into State control, flagging financial benefits for the agriculture sector and community safety. 

Melissa Sheil

Liberal leader Libby Mettam in Shelley this morning.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumLibs dig in on costings as screws ratchet up

The Liberals will release their State election costings in the final week of the campaign, shadow treasurer Steve Martin has revealed, as Labor mounts pressure on the value of their opponents’ promises.

Dylan Caporn

Shadow education minister Peter Rundle.

EducationCommentsPremiumNationals WA pledge measures to help regional teachers

Nationals WA has pledged to implement a range of measures to attract and retain teachers in regional WA, including spending $60 million to upgrade the dilapidated Esperance Senior High School.

Neil Watkinson

Voters will also have a chance on Monday to see Premier Roger Cook and Liberal leader Libby Mettam go head-to-head for the only time during the campaign on 7NEWS’ exclusive election debate.

State PoliticsCommentsEarly voting to start Monday as debate looms

Voters eager to cast their ballot in the State Election will have their chance from Monday, with early voting booths opening across the State. 

Dylan Caporn

Mr Cook only needs voters to like him, just enough.

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Will Labor’s ‘underwhelming’ launch score them another win?

Voters don’t love him, like they loved Mr McGowan in 2021. But Mr Cook only needs them to like him, just enough.

Jessica Page

Walking on stage to Panic! At The Disco’s “High Hopes”, Libby Mettam was hoping to make her legacy at the event.

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Liberals need to do more to avoid becoming a box-office flop

Northbridge’s Royale Theatre was once briefly home to Perth’s only IMAX cinema - the mammoth movie medium which envelopes viewers with visuals and sound. 

Dylan Caporn

Premier Roger Cook at the Labor election campaign launch as, inset, Mark McGowan looks on.

state politicsVideoCommentsPremiumMcGowan the front row star at Premier’s big show

Mark McGowan has lavished praise on the man who replaced him, watching Roger Cook’s speech from the front row of Labor’s State election campaign launch — and declaring that he could not have done a better job.

Jessica Page

The Liberal Party election campaign launch at the Royale Theatre in Northbridge today.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumLibs lash out at Labor’s ‘basic’ failures

The WA Liberals will be back, Basil Zempilas has declared, as he rallied party faithful in his first major address of the State election campaign. 

Dylan Caporn

Libby Mettam and Roger Cook.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumUnderdog and reigning Premier prepare to go head-to-head

For weeks, they have each criss-crossed the State, trying to convince voters they should vote for them.

Joe Spagnolo and Oliver Lane

Liberal leader Libby Mettam has vowed to scrap Labor’s new model for the Upper House and go back to MPs selected from six regions.

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The West Australian exclusive
Mettam vows to ditch Upper House system, reinstate regions

Liberal leader Libby Mettam has promised to ditch Labor’s one-vote, one-value Upper House system and go back to having MPs chosen from six regions.

Joe Spagnolo