Editing Perth (section)

===State===
{{Further|Government of Western Australia}}
[[File:Perth Supreme Court building.jpg|thumb|[[Supreme Court of Western Australia]]]]
Perth houses the [[Parliament of Western Australia]] and the [[Governor of Western Australia]]. {{As of|2008|alt=As of the 2008 state election}}, 42 of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]'s 59 seats and 18 of the [[Western Australian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]]'s 36 seats are based in Perth's metropolitan area.

The state's highest court, the [[Supreme Court of Western Australia|Supreme Court]], is located in Perth,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au/content/about/default.aspx|title=Jurisdiction|publisher=Supreme Court of WA|date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019174724/http://www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au/content/about/default.aspx |archive-date=19 October 2008}}</ref> along with the [[District Court of Western Australia|District]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.districtcourt.wa.gov.au/A/aboutDistrictCourt.aspx?uid=7689-4890-3639-8152|title=About the District Court|publisher=District Court of WA|date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009110324/http://www.districtcourt.wa.gov.au/A/aboutDistrictCourt.aspx%3Fuid%3D7689-4890-3639-8152|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Family Court of Western Australia|Family]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familycourt.wa.gov.au/A/about_the_family_court.aspx?uid=0585-2574-5706-9153|title=About the Family Court|publisher=Family Court of WA|date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224123147/http://www.familycourt.wa.gov.au/A/about_the_family_court.aspx?uid=0585-2574-5706-9153|archive-date=24 December 2008}}</ref> Courts. The [[Magistrates' Court of Western Australia|Magistrates' Court]] has six metropolitan locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/M/magistrates_locations.aspx?uid=0987-0974-4964-6070
|title=Magistrate Court Locations|publisher=Department of Justice|date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014044908/http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/M/magistrates_locations.aspx?uid=0987-0974-4964-6070 |archive-date=14 October 2008}}</ref>