I am suggesting WA be halved above the Geraldton town, and the top half of the state become a territory, controlled by federal govt;
WA is far to large an area to be controlled by a small population base.
Infrastructure is lacking badly in the north of that state, thousands of km's without communication, water, or services of any kind. Iron ore is far to valuable to be controlled by a southern city that cannot control itself.
Costs are out of control in the north of the state, with everyday food items. Frozen bread $5.50 / loaf. Diesel $2.12 / lt Milk $2.00 / lt
This part of the state would be better serviced by being a territory, controlled by Canberra.

Better if WA secedes from the East. Canberra is totally out
of touch with WA and their record is hardly one of knowing what
they are doing. If WA could actually keep the GST which is
collected here, rather then just be a cash cow for the East,
all would be well.

I'd even advocate NSW splitting into a few states (Sydney, Woolongong, Blue Mtns, Central Coast, Inland NSW, South Coast- far too many different areas for a singular mob of politicians (with loyalties to only one of these areas) to govern effectively.

How Western Australia could manage without it is anyone's guess.

the so-called two/speed ecomony..is more like a mountain bike
[with 12 speeds]..especially when it comes to state debt

think qld OWES...65 billion today
by 2015 it will be 85 billion

all the states are too big
[even a few cities]...thing is
these big entities are white elephants
ALL OF THEM ..must be scaled down...not just a bit

the current validation documents..[constitutions]
are invalid...governance is a joke
[qld upper house voted itself out of egsistance]..

thats not only UN-constitutional...its criminal

we got to schools to vote
so lets..*re organise arround school districts
all govt and govt services CENTER arround schools
run locally...acting collectivly..

[each underwriting a federal fun-ding agency..
with a share of their income...that insures each citisen
that pays tax...for all their disaster fixes]

school/authority..can act premptivly
if say a home or a car..is in need of repair
the repair is done..and the debt incured in fixing it
is paid off/...in lue of the current statist/revenue raising..

that sees you getting two thousand in fines..
[for forgetting..[or being unable to scrape up
the rapidly inflating costs..of rego insurance etc]
AND THEN having the exta costs..ON TOP OF FINES..or paying the rego

much better if caught
that the cop...sends a bill..[in lue of a fine]
for the cost of repair...or other

think of a car unroadworthy
if its a tyre...a contracter replaces the tyre
and you owe this debt..[a real debt..not a entrapment fine/threat]

if the car is too expensive to repair
THE COP..can order you another car...

that gets paid for WITH THE TICKET..
[that is then a loan..that gets repaid..iNTREST free]

we got too many faulse gods
many big fish in too small/a ponds..

so no more big fish..
that..we cant cut off at their knees[locally]
if they get too greedy
for their own good

but especially to our worse

I am with Yabby on this one. WA is by far the most financially successful state and should be allowed to secede from the other states and territories.

a597 thinks WA lacks in infrastructure in our North, and thus should come under Canberra's umbrella.
What about the Northern Territory a597? How's the infrastructure there?
I have lived there as well as in WA and I would hate to see WA run by the same inept crowd that runs the Territory!

I would hate to see Canberra anywhere near WA, north or south!

Yabby before a bloke called Alan, and another called Lang WA rode on the easts back.
Now few easterners know, it rides a horse out of Bigotry by a mare called Inferiority complex.
That strong young colt is named XENOPHOBIA.
I care not want you do, think if you leave you should not keep the word Australia in your name.
Lets call it SELF INTEREST LAND.
I have loved every place I even saw in this great country you live in a wonderful place.
But like Queensland it has always been that some want to cut the state in to two parts.
If some Australian pride exists in the land of self interest this wise man from the east[ a deliberate slur thrown at any one from Eastern Australia]
Then yes let Western Australians split or not split but the truth is you can not prosper by insulting this country, in this matter you should be ashamed of your self.