Dylan Caporn

Dad to Eloise, Husband to @amy_eb. Lego Nerd. Ex journo, now political staffer. Views mine.

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Big news tonight - long serving CCC boss John McKechnie is retiring at the end of the month.

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

The front page of Tuesday's The West Australian.

[Ryan Daniels @FootyRhino]

Alex Pearce is free to play this weekend against @GoldCoastSUNS.

The @freodockers skipper had his three match ban overturned at the AFL tribunal tonight.

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Truly a beautiful day. Justice has been served.

[AFL @AFL]

Alex Pearce is free to play in round 12 after his three-match suspension for rough conduct was overturned by the AFL Tribunal.

Full details: https://t.co/fqmi6KUPyI

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Breaking news - Nick Goiran elected Liberal leader in the Upper House.

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Breaking news from State Parliament, Liberal powerbroker Nick Goiran is set to take on the party’s Upper House leadership as the new term starts on Thursday. https://t.co/k8zBQ0y9ct

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🇦🇺 State's Police Under Attack

▫Assaults against police officers rose to a two-decade high last year, with Commissioner Col Blanch concerned they are on track to hit alarming levels seen near the start of the century
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#frontpagestoday #Australia @westaustralian

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Breaking news from State Parliament, Liberal powerbroker Nick Goiran is set to take on the party’s Upper House leadership as the new term starts on Thursday. https://t.co/k8zBQ0y9ct

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Big news this morning, with confirmation wrestling champion and actor John Cena will come to Perth as part of the WWE's weekend of events. Massive tourism coup for WA. https://t.co/xGrqyLnx0F

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Final results are in:
Labor gets 16 seats
Liberals 10
Greens 4
Nationals 2
One Nation 2
Christians 1
Animal Justice Party 1
Legalise Cannabis 1

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

WA’s Upper House count is finally being calculated after what the WAEC has described as a higher than anticipated number of voters preferencing above or below the line.

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

New shadow treasurer Sandra Brewer has accused Rita Saffioti of having an ‘insatiable desire to spend taxpayers’ money’ after the State Government introduced a bill for a $1.9 billion advance of funds.
https://t.co/Ha0SuFrUKO

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

FINAL WA PENDULUM

All of WA's Lower House seats have been declared. Updated pendulum below

ALP vs LIB – 43
ALP vs IND – 2 (Fremantle and Bassendean)
ALP vs GRN – 1 (Bibra Lake)

LIB vs ALP – 6
LIB vs IND – 1 (Cottesloe)

NAT vs ALP – 4
NAT vs LIB – 2

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Pendulum for the WA State Parliament.

Three seats are based off preference estimates (Bassendean, Bibra Lake and Kimberley), but shows Liberals and Nationals would need a 9.53 per cent Statewide swing in 2029 to win Government.

[Jessica Page @JessicaPage7]

Major overhaul of WA public service locked in, impacting 9 of 25 govt depts and adding 1 more.
The mega JTSI department is being broken up, as first revealed by @westaustralian @Dylan_Caporn and being rebadged the dept of “energy and economic diversification”

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Pendulum for the WA State Parliament.

Three seats are based off preference estimates (Bassendean, Bibra Lake and Kimberley), but shows Liberals and Nationals would need a 9.53 per cent Statewide swing in 2029 to win Government.

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

WA’s Electoral Commissioner Robert Kennedy has taken leave, while the count for the Upper House continues and without responding to any of the serious questions over the operations of the election.

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Roger Cook will stamp his authority on the State Government in a major departmental overhaul that will see him tear up some of his predecessor Mark McGowan’s previous mergers.

Read more about the looming Government shakeup in @westaustralian today.

https://t.co/E1gF7x6Uty

[The West Australian @westaustralian]

EXCLUSIVE: In his first major sit down interview as Opposition Leader along with new deputy Ms Mettam, Mr Zempilas told The West Australian he had spoken to MPs about the need to work as a team. https://t.co/NEifNLNwMq

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Bringing Parliament back early would give Labor almost a month of its double majority, due to the Legislative Council's fixed term through to May. Liberal MP Nick Goiran speculated on Tuesday Labor may try to force laws through as "urgent" through the lame duck period

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

News from @westaustralian, Premier Roger Cook to call Parliament back on April 8, with plans to pass new stamp duty reforms.
https://t.co/R7dsBS7k0y

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

New from @westaustralian: Former Queensland Labor MP and DPC boss Mike Kaiser has firmed as Roger Cook's new DPC boss in WA. Already Kaiser has taken on a new role with a State Government department in Perth.

https://t.co/rQxm3sEYvy

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@westaustralian Interestingly, the Greens preferences flowed more favourably than usual in Hort’s favour, with nearly a third of votes preferencing the Liberals above Labor at the final distribution.

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

We have the final result from the WA State election, with the Liberals claiming the seat of Kalamunda by just 82 votes over Labor after an automatic recount today. The result means the Liberals reclaim Opposition status.

Final count:
Labor: 46 seats
Liberals: 7
Nationals: 6

[Dylan Caporn @Dylan_Caporn]

Full story up on @westaustralian right now: https://t.co/hzeTXU6deW