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Crikey readers vent their spleens on the issues of the day.

WA Labor leader Mark McGowan is personally popular, but that won’t be enough to get his party over the line in tomorrow’s state election. But is a vote for Barnett a vote for Troy Buswell?

WA is in a fit of pique and feeling pretty hard done by, writes former Western Australian Callum Denness. Its politicians want nothing to do with eastern elitism and populist taxes, thank you very much.

Crikey readers weigh in on the issues of the day.

It’s just a few weeks until WA heads to the polls. Local boy David Ritter outlines the political — and cultural — landscape of the boom mining state. Five dollar flat white, anyone?

Beware he who proffers helpful advice about the AWU smear campaign in The Australian.

Crikey readers have their say.

The honour of hosting this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting fits in perfectly with the Perth’s idea of itself as a cultural and economic powerhouse.

The “patchwork economy” isn’t much in evidence in today’s employment data.

The Western Australian Liberal-National Government has allocated more than half of a $94.5 million local government fund to just five WA National Party electorates, write Edith Cowan University journalism students Ben Cleverly and Rueben Hale.

A new CommSec survey has not only listed WA as the nation’s best performing economy, but also claims the state has completely conquered the GFC and its aftereffects.

Industrial relations will be a key issue in the federal election - and not just for Tony Abbott. The workplace practice of independent contracting is under threat and is likely to become a thorn in Julia Gillard’s side, especially in marginal seats, writes Robert Gottliebsen.

Over recent days there has been such concerted criticism of the CCC that it seems inevitable there will have to be a wide-ranging review of its operations, writes Lawrence Apps.