Welcome to WAtoday’s live blog for Monday, as we bring you all the fallout from the weekend’s state election result and Labor’s emphatic win.
Premier Roger Cook became tearful when sharing details about a moment of “pride and love” with his family on Saturday night before he declared victory in Labor’s second-best election result in the state’s history, after 2021.
WA Premier Roger Cook after election day.Credit: Hamish Hastie
On the current vote count Labor has secured at least 40 seats with tight contests in Pilbara and Kalgoorlie likely to fall their way while the Liberals seem likely to pick up just 7 seats – compared to the 11 that polling put them at before the election.
Meanwhile, in the Liberal camp, Canning MP and shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie has delivered a scathing assessment of the party’s obsession with progressive inner-city seats as his WA colleagues lick their wounds following their second-worst defeat in history.
“We need to remember our roots, and get back to fighting for working Australians in forgotten parts of WA,” he said.
Cook said the WA victory was encouraging for the upcoming Federal election, and for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
“The federal landscape is a complex one, but we also know that he’s provided great leadership for this country,” he said.
With some seats still too close to call, we will bring you the latest election news, along with any other news of the day, as it happens.
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