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Hamish Hastie

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Time is ticking for WA Liberals after another catastrophic defeat

Time is ticking for WA Liberals after another catastrophic defeat

The WA Liberals learnt nothing from their supposed rebuild after 2021 and their future in this state is not guaranteed.

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WA Today

Hamish Hastie

The seats to watch in the 2025 WA election

The seats to watch in the 2025 WA election

Two opinion polls published Friday suggest the Liberals will claw back between 12.2 and 13 per cent of the two-party vote statewide, which would net...

07.03.2025 4

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

First and only WA leaders debate rushed and uninspiring

First and only WA leaders debate rushed and uninspiring

The pair largely stuck to their talking points in the 40-minute snoozefest in which a small audience watching on determined Cook was the narrow...

24.02.2025 3

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

Basil’s ’10 things’ megaphone may be about to be taken from him

It’s been the thorn in the WA Labor government’s side for several years – 10 bullet points shot from the hip of Perth Lord Mayor and Liberal...

06.12.2024 4

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

‘Clan’ powerbroker back in the fold as Mettam rebuilds frontbench with old parts

Staring down and defeating this week’s leadership coup has been the second notable time that Libby Mettam has shown some gumption in her short...

29.11.2024 4

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

Labor’s wall of rabid MPs regularly maul the opposition, but is it bloodlust – or fair game?

Ever called a colleague a “nincompoop” – meant it from the depths of your soul – and got away with it? Were you being filmed at the time? Western...

12.11.2024 1

WA Today

Hamish Hastie

Divine intervention hasn’t saved Nicheliving, it was divine pragmatism

It wasn’t divine intervention that pulled Nicheliving out of the home-building mess it created – it was divine pragmatism. Speaking to...

11.10.2024 5

WA Today

Hamish Hastie