Labor is emboldened in Western Australia after a swing against all but one sitting Liberal MP on a two-party preferred basis.
The man who claimed the nation's only new seat this election, Matt Keogh, proclaimed on Sunday that the people had lost faith in the Turnbull government. "It has been quite clear that more Australians in more seats have voted against the Turnbull government than have voted for it," Mr Keogh said. 
"Even the Liberal seats that the Liberals held onto, they are on notice. They are on notice from their constituents that they are not happy with the direction the Turnbull government had been setting."
The only Liberal to increase their margin against Labor was Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who gained a 2.65 per cent swing to deliver her an ultra-safe 20.8 per cent margin.
Mr Keogh secured Burt, a notionally Liberal seat with a 14.3 per cent margin.
He was joined by a beaming state Opposition Leader Mark McGowan on Sunday.
"It has put Western Australia once again on the electoral map for Labor and making sure we are very competitive in the lead-up to the state election in   March next year," Mr McGowan told reporters in Perth on Sunday.
"The swings are there in those seats and, as we know, in any ordinary election WA Labor, at a state level, does even better than the federal branch of the party. I'm encouraged by that."
But Mr McGowan needs a 10 per cent swing to secure victory at the state poll and prevent the Barnett government from claiming a third term.
The 5.1 per cent swing to Labor at the weekend was not as significant as some Labor insiders had expected.