Western Australia's Liberal Party has suffered two recent bruising election results, but state leader David Honey says he is optimistic it can return to being a major political force.
West Australian Liberal Leader David Honey has told the party faithful he's "optimistic" about the future, after members agreed to significant pre-selection reforms yesterday.
In his speech, Dr Honey set out a clear agenda for the next three years: to demonstrate that the state and federal Labor governments should be "sacked" and prove the Liberals are a "credible alternative". "We have clearly demonstrated that we are willing to embrace progressive change as part of our continued evolution as a dynamic political force in Western Australian politics."Federal deputy leader Sussan Ley has previously expressed her support for a target, rather than a quota."We just want, in each seat, to see the best people come forward," she said.
"Knowing the nature of the party, it's probably unlikely we're going to have quotas, but there will be a really high expectation [that] we have significantly more excellent women candidates, but also candidates that represent the diversity of our society," he said.dozens of other recommendations to work through from its election reviewOne of those recommendations — to require candidate pre-selections to be accompanied by a statutory declaration — also passed this weekend.
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