Ousted West Australian Nationals leader Brendon Grylls has warned the carnage of the WA state election is far from over for the Liberal Party.
The former member for the Pilbara appeared on 6PR's Morning Program on Friday morning to discuss being 'turfed out' of government by disenchanted voters.
"Our votes have been pretty strong in an Armageddon election for our side of politics, and I didn't quite get there," he said.
"But you cop that on the chin, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back on with it."
Mr Grylls was one of seven ministers from the Barnett Government's cabinet to lose their seat, after he conceded defeat in the Pilbara to Labor candidate Kevin Michel on Tuesday.
He told Gareth Parker that the fall-out from the state election was only just beginning.
"Even now we're seeing Malcolm Turnbull and others suggest that this might be a bit hairy for the Federal Liberals in Western Australia," he said.
"Abso-bloody-lutely it will be a bit hairy. They reckoned the public were waiting with baseball bats for Colin Barnett and the Nationals - and I think they're getting something a bit more serious for the next Federal election."
When Parker touched on comments made by Federal Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce about the need for 'cooperation' between the Liberals and the Nationals, Mr Grylls was quick to shut down any discussion about relations between the two parties in the future.
"Absolutely not. I think that if you look at the record of the West Australian Nationals compared to the record of the Federal Nationals- they did okay at the last federal election, but what's their legacy? What do they stand for? What have they delivered?
"I'd very happily compare the record of the WA Nationals as being more independent."
Tensions between the WA Nationals and the Liberal Party reached boiling point after a controversial deal was made to preference One Nation over the Nationals.
