Liberal Party WA

Richard Homsany-chaired Toro released updated scoping study results on Tuesday from its proposed Lake Maitland uranium-vanadium project, located 105km south-east of Wiluna in Western Australia’s Murchison region.

Perdaman, Programmed Facility Management and Pact Construction are among the donors who have chipped into the Liberal Party WA’s war chest ahead of the 2025 state election.

The Liberal Party of WA has accused Premier Roger Cook of being “in hiding” as other state and federal governments respond to serious allegations against the CFMEU’s Victorian division.

WA Labor’s election war chest has grown towards $250,000 courtesy of donations from high-profile businesses, while WA’s peak resources lobby group has given The Nationals a big boost.

Gina Rinehart’s agricultural business, S Kidman & Co, has given the Liberal Party of WA a boost of almost $100,000 in the lead up to the 2025 state election.

More than $1 million has been donated to Western Australia's major political parties since new disclosure laws were introduced on July 1, ahead of the state election in March 2025.

Roger Cook has taken a swipe at Basil Zempilas' decision to not step down from his Lord Mayor role, as Mandurah Mayor and Labor candidate Rhys Williams confirmed he would step aside.

Subiaco-based junior C29 Metals has signed a memorandum of understanding with Volkov Geology, as it aims to accelerate exploration at its Ulytau uranium project in Kazakhstan.

Stakeholders remain split over any changes to the hours big retailers can open for business.

A new contender has entered the race for the Cottesloe electorate, a traditionally Liberal seat many of the state’s movers and shakers call home.

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has declared herself a fighter, while lashing operatives in the party’s shadows accused of pushing for Basil Zempilas to replace her.

ANALYSIS: A bogus poll shouldn't cause the kind of turmoil in WA politics today. But it did, and it has once again raised questions about the Liberal Party's fitness to hold office.

A marketing firm run by the manager of both of Basil Zempilas’ City of Perth mayoral campaigns was commissioned by an unknown party to organise a survey into the WA Liberal leadership.

The WA Liberal Party will maintain a contract with digital agency Ammo Marketing, despite calls from parliamentary leader Libby Mettam to reassess the arrangement.

The WA Liberal Party has made more from donations this financial year than WA Labor, but levies and union fees have the latter’s coffers well ahead in the lead up to the state election.

The Perth Basketball Association has welcomed a $37.5 million pledge by the Liberal Party of WA to build a multi-sport stadium in Kensington, should it win the upcoming election.

Western Australia’s sport and recreation industry has continued to attract attention ahead of the March 8 state election.

The WA Liberal Party has committed to a temporary payroll tax reprieve for smaller business operators if voted to government at the March state election.

Hancock Prospecting spent $500,000 on donations to arms of the Liberal Party last financial year, in search of a government "more attuned to Australians".

ANALYSIS: In a polling year like no other, it is difficult to know what a pass mark looks like for WA’s loudest political parties.

Tech entrepreneur Norman Pater has tipped $100,000 into the Greens WA’s electoral campaign, as the parties prepare for election formalities to kick off in earnest today.

Both WA Labor and the Liberal Party WA have promised to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into the education system, if successful in the state election in March.

Both WA Labor and the WA Liberals have pledged to spend tens of millions of dollars on significant healthcare upgrades in an effort to reduce emergency department pressure.

UPDATE: The Liberal Party WA and WA Labor have slammed each other’s election promises over upgrading Royal Perth Hospital.

The state’s Liberal and National parties have hit out at the government’s performance on cultural heritage, after a Toodyay farmer was fined for work he carried out on his driveway.

ANALYSIS: WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam is aware of the mountain her party has to climb at the March 8 federal election, but two weeks out, she has no plan to throw in the towel.

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has committed $200 million to improve regional roads and increase supply of government regional officer housing, if elected in March.

The WA Liberal party has vowed to invest $112.5 million towards duplicating Shelley Bridge, if it was elected to government in the upcoming state election.

The Liberal Party’s pick to represent the western suburbs, Sandra Brewer, has an ambitious long-term project in mind.

ANALYSIS: The state Liberal Party has come out ahead of WA Labor in the election donation race, but the governing party’s wallet runs deeper than the money it has been gifted.

WA VOTES: Strong shifts towards the Greens and independents in several marginal seats appear to have handed WA Labor a major preferential advantage in this year’s state election.

WA VOTES: Roger Cook has been elected Western Australian Premier, leading WA Labor to a third consecutive election win which will extend its tenure at Dumas House to at least 12 years.

WA VOTES: Basil Zempilas looks likely to survive a major scare and return the electorate of Churchlands to Liberal hands, four years after the traditionally blue-ribbon seat was lost in the election landslide of 2021.

A swag of swinging regional seats and close city tussles have candidates and one minister facing a nervous wait as the final votes are counted.

The National and Liberal parties need to focus their resources against Labor in future elections, WA Opposition leader Shane Love says.

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

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.

Former Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has been elected leader of the WA Liberal Party three weeks after winning the Churchlands seat at the state election.

Basil Zempilas has vowed to lead a constructive and community-focused opposition after being elected leader of the WA Liberal Party.

Australians will go to the polls on Saturday, May 3.