WA Liberal and National Parties Join Forces to Form New Opposition

WA National Party leader Mia Davies addresses gold sector workers protesting outside Parliament House in Perth on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. AAP Image/Richard Wainwright

The Western Australia Liberal and National parties have entered into a formal alliance as the new opposition to WA’s recently elected Labor party.

In a crushing defeat during the WA elections, the Liberals garnered only two seats—less than the National party’s four—making it the first time in WA election history that the Nationals surpassed the Liberals’ voting preference.