Experts are tipping a comfortable win for Labor in next Saturday's West Australian contest. The party holds 53 of 59 seats in the lower house after an unprecedented landslide victory in 2021.
But the Liberals have refused to concede defeat, with leader Libby Mettam energetically hitting the campaign trail day after day in a bid to reduce the government's massive majority.
"While Roger Cook believes this election is in the bag, I will continue with my candidates to talk to voters about our solutions for a better future for Western Australia," she told reporters last week.
"There is a momentum for change. We've got quite a few days left. We are working very hard. I appreciate we are the underdogs in this election but our point of difference is that we're focused on the issues that Western Australians actually care about."
Premier Cook has also set a cracking pace as he attempts to win a third term in office for Labor and the election off his own back, having replaced former premier Mark McGowan when he stood down mid-term in 2023.
"We don't take any seat for granted, whether it's a protest vote, a sympathy vote, or someone just carelessly throwing their vote on the WA Liberals," he told reporters on the campaign trail last week.
"They are a risk to Western Australia's future. They are chaotic, they're dysfunctional and they're fighting each other, and if they're fighting each other, they're not fighting for you."
Cost of living and housing are the main issues for voters and they along with health, education, regional services, state infrastructure and crime have been targeted by the parties, with billions of dollars in promises made.
Pre-poll voting started last Monday.
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