‘Disastrous’: WA election results rock Liberals

“Earlier this evening, I received the call from Libby Mettam. She offered her congratulations to our WA Labor team for being elected to form a new government and wish us well,” Mr Cook said.

“I congratulated Libby on the tireless work she put into this campaign on the campaign trail.

“And look, she’s a decent person who, like most of us who go into life, does it for the right reasons, and I look forward to working with her and the leader of the National Party in the parliament very shortly.”

The ABC’s election analyst, Antony Green, described it as a “disastrous” night for the Liberal party.

This marks Labor’s third consecutive term governing the state and will be the first test for Mr Cook to retain as many seats as possible after the party almost wiped out the WA Liberal Party in 2021.

The WA Premier is a member of Labor’s left faction an...
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