WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup tells party faithful at an election campaign launch that he will take full ownership for whatever happens at this month's election, admitting his decision to conceded defeat was "controversial and unconventional".
Property developers are among the biggest political donors in Australia, but should they allowed to be?
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A property think tank has been scrutinising donation disclosures to the Australian Electoral Commission.
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Are property developers big political donors?
After scrutinising donation disclosures to the Australian Electoral Commission between 1999 and 2019, the centre found that the property and construction industry donated more than $54 million in this time.
Although the WA branch of the Liberal Party has struggled to raise funds in recent years, the centre found it received almost $3.7 million, the fifth-biggest share of this pool of funds.
WA election candidates have their say on Pilbara crime problems
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Community leaders say crime is a key election issue for the seat of Pilbara.
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Community leaders across the northwest say they are desperate for action on youth crime and it is shaping up to be a key election issue for the Pilbara seat.
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Community leaders say youth crime is rampant
Candidates for the seat are pushing more more police and wraparound services
In Newman a spate of car thefts, children roaming the street at night, and general anti-social behaviour spurred the Shire of East Pilbara to ask the government to intervene.
Just weeks out from the West Australian state election, Liberal leader Zak Kirkup concedes his party has no chance of overcoming incumbent Premier Mark McGowan's popularity.
It was an extraordinary and highly risky admission by a party leader just two weeks out from a state election, but it's one the WA Liberals are hoping will prevent a Labor landslide, writes political reporter Alisha O'Flaherty.