Peter Kennedy

Recriminations have already started within the Liberal Party over its poor performance in Saturday’s federal election, with the finger being pointed at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s campaign strategy for having shaken the party’s grip on power.

The GST’s corrective measures will boost WA’s financial position in coming years, if the current system remains unchanged.

The federal election could have ramifications for Colin Barnett’s leadership; how big depends on the size of the swing against the Turnbull government.

The Barnett government is coming under pressure from the big end of town.

Colin Barnett may be battling the odds to make a third term, but he’s certainly up for the fight.

The imminent departure of four heavy hitters in the public service couldn’t have come at a worse time for the state government.

Colin Barnett’s political fellow travellers seem unwilling to help him in his efforts to achieve GST distribution reform.

Opposition leader Mark McGowan has committed a future state Labor government to aggressively seek more defence related work for Western Australia to help compensate for the loss of construction job

Colin Barnett has made some strategic ministerial changes ahead of next year’s poll.

Two high-profile reports from the commission have reaffirmed its role in upholding public accountability.

Former senior federal cabinet minister Stephen Smith has identified Western Australia's economic future as a major factor in his audacious bid to wrest leadership of the WA Labor Party from the incumbent, Mark McGowan.

Eliminating waste on major state infrastructure projects is a challenge for government on both sides of politics.

Asset sales are expected to feature heavily when the Barnett government releases its budget in May.

The premier’s ‘follow-me’ style makes his performance in the lead-up to the next state poll vital for the government’s chances of re-election.

Melissa Parke’s decision to stand aside at the next federal election poses some issues for the Labor Party in Fremantle.

The May budget looms as an important opportunity for the Barnett government to put its economic house in order.

The state government will be glad to put 2015 behind it, but there will be no let up in the financial and portfolio challenges it will face next year.

Eight years in the making, tighter controls over lobbyists may finally become law.

The mid-December budget review will set the tone for state government spending cuts before the 2017 election.

The premier may be lining up for a second dig at local government reform.

The Liberals’ alliance with the Nationals is increasingly fraying at the edges, as the junior partner asserts its will.

Reform of the tax system will be hard to achieve if the states cannot agree to a restructure of the GST.

Simmering issues within WA Labor are set to come to a head.

Federal and state electoral boundary redistributions can cause havoc in party ranks.

Relentless optimism is a positive quality, as long as it’s based upon the evidence at hand.

Lisa Scaffidi is no stranger to the responsibilities of public office, which is why the imbroglio currently surrounding her is so perplexing.

Colin Barnett has already got into Malcolm Turnbull’s ear about public transport infrastructure funding.

A plan to rename some WA Legislative Assembly seats has drawn fire from both sides of politics.

Under new PM Malcolm Turnbull, WA has numbers in cabinet not seen since the Hawke-Keating era.

Malcolm Turnbull’s business experience and familiarity with WA could be a plus for this state.

Despite the Liberals’ big margin in Canning, the government is taking nothing for granted as the by-election nears.

Governments must not only do the right thing, they must be seen to be doing the right thing.