Peter Collier

The state government has announced its decision to join the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), replacing the agreement signed in January by the Barnett government for a locally administered NDIS.

Newly minted opposition leader Liza Harvey has revealed her shadow cabinet, with former leader Mike Nahan appointed as shadow minister for planning and Asian engagement.

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.

A Pilbara Aboriginal group is calling for changes to heritage regulations after an archeologically significant rock shelter was impacted by a detonation on a mine site about seven years after operator Rio Tinto was given approval for the move.

Business News offers a glimpse into Mathias Cormann’s career ahead of a Politics & Policy breakfast on August 7.

Zak Kirkup has been elected leader of the opposition unopposed after Dean Nalder withdrew his candidacy earlier this morning.

Dean Nalder has today expressed disdain for the political aspects of his parliamentary career while making no apologies for his leadership ambitions.

Sean L'Estrange has been elevated to the role of shadow treasurer, replacing Dean Nalder ahead of the state election.

With about 13 weeks until the state election, can a 33-year-old first-term MP defy the odds and become Australia’s youngest serving premier?

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 Mathias Cormann for the party's "demise".

The Liberal Party WA has announced plans to renegotiate the state’s $50 million naming rights deal with telecommunications giant Optus to rename the city’s stadium ‘Perth Stadium’.

Business News looks inside the Liberal WA election campaign and recent years in opposition, from the pandemic, to strategy, leadership, internal ructions and more.

A formal opposition alliance has been struck between the state's Liberal and National parties, mirroring similar power-sharing arrangements between the parties implemented throughout the 2010s.

Root and branch renewal must be undertaken to improve the Liberals’ parlous performance in WA.

Liberals who thought the Cormann factor in local affairs would wane after his move to France have been mistaken, based on the results of a ballot for positions in the Swan division of the party.

Declining iron ore royalties will ensure the May 2022 state budget is a vastly different document to the latest iteration.

If a bitterly divided Liberal Party can’t unite on policies and candidates to win back mainstream voters, its chances at the 2025 state election are doomed.

EXCLUSIVE: An internal Liberal Party document calls out those trying to destroy the party ahead of a crucial meeting.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran criminal barrister Mark Trowell has warned the Liberal Party that a proposal to force a member of parliament to resign unless they meet key performance indicators would be against the law.

Liberal powerbroker and upper house MP Nick Goiran has been cleared of breaching his party's rules as the messy fallout from "the clan" revelations continues.Mr Goiran was part of a WhatsApp chat group called the clan, which actively worked against others in the Liberal Party.

A former client of Vivien Yap has been given one final opportunity to defend himself from a criminal contempt charge after allegedly sending a contentious email to solicitors and politicians.

Shane Love has taken the helm of the state Nationals just hours after Libby Mettam was confirmed as the Liberal party's new leader.

Libby Mettam has ruled out the possibility of Nick Goiran returning to the frontbench under her leadership after yesterday failing to remove him as party secretary.

Nick Goiran has stepped aside as parliamentary secretary of the state Liberal Party, paving the way for a first-term upper house MP to take the job.

Nick Goiran has been sent to the backbench with one of Libby Mettam's key backers stepping in as the opposition’s newly minted justice spokesperson.

After years of infighting, state Liberal MPs have pinned their hopes on Libby Mettam to lead the party out of the wilderness and into government.

WA Police assistant commissioner Brad Royce has been revealed as Corrective Services commissioner at the Department of Justice following a rapid overhaul of the management structure.

Cameron Blaine, who became the face of the dramatic Cleo Smith rescue mission in 2021, has resigned from WA Police ahead of a looming Corruption and Crime Commission report.

The death of an Indigenous teenager from a self-inflicted injury has prompted Western Australia's government to close a youth detention facility.

The race for state and federal Liberal Party preselection is beginning to heat up, as some high-profile names flag their interest ahead of two party-defining ballots in 2025.

The first round of Liberal Party preselection nominations has closed ahead of the 2025 state and federal elections, with two MPs facing internal challenges for their positions.

Steve Thomas was a man humbled as he stepped out to face the waiting media pack outside Parliament House at lunchtime on Tuesday.

Liberal Party of WA leader Libby Mettam has slightly tweaked her shadow cabinet, days after former deputy Steve Thomas stood down over dealings with Brian Burke.

The Liberal Party of WA has finalised the top 18 spots on its Legislative Council ticket, as the state approaches its first election without multi-member electoral regions in 2025.

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.