Election 2022: the view from Western Australia

With the election underway, the Guardian’s political reporters have been travelling across the country talking to voters and candidates. In Western Australia, the 2021 state election – returning just two Liberals to the WA lower house – sent shockwaves through the Liberal party, and put WA on the map as a state that could deliver a rich return for federal Labor. Political reporter Paul Karp speaks to voters in three key WA seats about the issues that will decide their vote. He also speaks to candidates in the seat of Hasluck, where a moderate swing to Labor could knock out a current cabinet minister