The Liberal Party's proposed changes include a shake-up to the preselection process in the wake of its disastrous federal poll results that followed years of poor performance at the state level.
The WA Liberal Party has pledged to change in the wake of the party's disastrous federal poll results that followed years of poor performance at the state level.The Liberals are hoping to demonstrate they are a party that is "modern"Among the changes announced was reform to the preselection process for candidates, which comes after a
"The reforms we discussed were a broad range of constitutional and rule changes that will ensure that the rules can be updated to enfranchise every member of the Liberal Party having a vote in their local preselection," he said.The pledge to change came after a closed door State Council meeting, the party's first since the federal election that saw significant swings away from the Liberals in what had traditionally been blue-ribbon heartland.
Given these poor performances at the polls at both the state and federal level, the Liberals appear motivated to demonstrate change was possible. WA Liberal Party leader David Honey said he hoped the reforms would not only send a message to members, but to all West Australians.
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