WA election 2025: Opposition Leader Shane Love calls for independent parliamentary inquiry into WAEC

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WA election 2025: Opposition Leader Shane Love calls for independent parliamentary inquiry into WAEC

A full-scale parliamentary inquiry is needed to investigate the WA Electoral Commission’s running of the State Election, Opposition Leader Shane Love has declared.

Speaking to media in Perth for the first time since Saturday’s poll, Mr Love said the commission could not be responsible for investigating itself and Electoral Commissioner Robert Kennedy needed to be stood aside while MPs ran the inquiry.

The calls came after multiple issues were raised over the operations of the election on Saturday, with claims booths ran out of ballot papers, voters were turned away after long queues and staffing issues.

Focus has also shifted to the commission’s decision to outsource recruitment to firm PersolKelly for the first time, with West Australians saying they applied and heard nothing back.

As the count in nine tight seats continued on Monday, Mr Love said there were serious questions to be answered about the commission’s readiness

“It’s not sufficient to allow the Electoral Commissioner itself to review this matter … that would be like asking the fox to review the security in the *********,” he said

“We actually need to ensure that the Western *********** public has confidence in their electoral process.”

Mr Love also raised questions as to whether the commission was adequately resourced to run the poll, which was held after a range of new labour intensive reforms including a new upper house system, donation disclosure and vetting requirements from the WAEC.

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