Results in the state election still are not official, but candidates and parties are already changing their next steps. That includes a leading independent setting her sights on Canberra, and Labor starting to implement one of its key promises.
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00:00The state election's not quite wrapped up, but Kate Hewlett's already preparing for...
00:07Season two of the show that we've been running this year.
00:11The Teal Independent fell about 400 votes short of unseating Labor Minister Simone McGurk
00:16in Fremantle.
00:17Now she wants to run in the federal seat of Fremantle.
00:21We feel as a community that we are going to capitalise on that and take this movement
00:27forward into Canberra.
00:29It's likely to be an even bigger uphill battle though, while the federal seat is held on
00:33a 12% margin, it extends further south east where she's not as established.
00:38It also includes the Henderson shipyard which will play a key part in the Orcas project.
00:43The sentiment is this is a crazy deal and we do not want to be made a target in our
00:49beautiful state.
00:51Miss Hewlett says the upcoming federal campaign is now her focus and she won't be challenging
00:55the state result, despite raising issues with how the election was conducted.
01:00Calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the WA election are drawing cross-party support.
01:04It can make recommendations to the parliament about a senior officer, that being the electoral
01:11commissioner, and the future of that commissioner.
01:15Our priority at the moment is to allow the count to take hold.
01:17I need to consult with the other political parties as well because obviously we want
01:21a process that everyone's confident in.
01:23The Premier's other priority is delivering on his election commitments, including raising
01:27stamp duty exemption and concession thresholds.
01:31This is very much about making sure we can continue to support home ownership in our
01:35great state.
01:36It's also about making sure we incentivise supply.
01:41Those new limits will be backdated to Friday just gone, but refunds will only be available
01:45after legislation is passed through parliament.
01:48As soon as we can bring it back we will.
01:50The place is still a construction site.
01:52There actually isn't officers available in and around the chambers because construction
01:56is still going on.
01:57The new Liberal Party room will meet on Tuesday with Basil Zemplis, expected to be elected
02:02leader unopposed.