WAxit, on the other hand, is catchy, memorable, and if you say it right, a little bit dirty, which means we can all enjoy saying it to each other for the rest of our lives.

The WAxit Party, which is a merger of the Small Business Party and the WA Republic Party, launched its campaign this week and Mr Sewell said they already had more than 1000 members.

WAxit is suddenly in the news again. This is the issue that won’t go away. Western Australians voted to secede from Australia back in 1933, however, eventually weren’t allowed to.

The establishment of a party committee to consider ways to pursue "financial independence" is obviously not to be taken seriously. However, WA's GST complaints should be.

There are new calls for Western Australia to 'WAxit' from the rest of the country and become an independent nation. WA businessmen Russell Sewell and Peter McLernon were both candidates for Clive ...

The WAxit Party, which is a merger of the Small Business Party and the WA Republic Party, launched its campaign this week and Mr Sewell said they already had more than 1000 members.

WA Premier Mark McGowan has dashed growing hopes of a referendum on WAxit – a radical plan to divide the state from the rest of Australia and effectively create two nations.

WAxit is suddenly in the news again. This is the issue that won’t go away. Western Australians voted to secede from Australia back in 1933, however, eventually weren’t allowed to.

WA Premier Mark McGowan has dashed growing hopes of a referendum on WAxit – a radical plan to divide the state from the rest of Australia and effectively create two nations.