WA news LIVE: Liberals win Kalamunda, Basil Zempilas on track to be leader of the opposition; Bryce Cotton leaving Perth Wildcats

Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Tuesday, March 25.

Making headlines today is new analysis which reveals the likelihood of a family sending their child to a private high school, based on the suburb they live in.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Peppermint Grove had the highest private school attendance rate for high school students at nearly 95 per cent.

Meanwhile, a cluster of suburbs in the south recorded the lowest private school enrolments in the metropolitan area, well under the state average.

Holly Thompson has the full story. You can read it here.

And in property news, new figures show an increasing number of west coast property owners are selling their homes for a profit – except for a handful of high-density neighbourhoods in the city.

Perth now has the third-highest rate of profit-making sales across the capital city markets at 97.4 per cent, with houses far less likely to see a loss according to CoreLogic’s latest Pain and Gain report.

But not all suburbs are feeling the love when it comes time to sell.

In the Perth LGA, which includes the suburbs of East Perth, West Perth and the CBD itself, more than 18 per cent of sales lost money.

Read Sarah Brookes’ full article here.

And finally, we have another instalment in our Three Things I Love series, time from Perth hospitality maven Jacquie Chan, who shares her favourite thing about the city (and other WA gems).

Thank you for joining us today. Stay tuned as we bring you more news you need to know.