Anthony Albanese has talked down the impact of hugely popular premier Mark McGowan's retirement on Labor's standing in Western Australia.
The prime minister on Tuesday paid tribute to Mr McGowan at a federal Labor caucus meeting, thanking him for his support of the federal government, but "more importantly what he has done for the great state".
Mr McGowan's Labor team received a 25 per cent swing to it at the 2021 election, leaving the Liberals with two seats in WA's lower house.
Mr Albanese said the party's new MPs from WA were a "huge strength for us" as he outlined the plan to target additional Liberal seats in the state, including Canning, held by Liberal MP Andrew Hastie, and Moore, held by Liberal Ian Goodenough.
He also wants to win Liberal-held seats in Queensland and Tasmania.
Mr Albanese nominated other target seats including Victoria's Menzies, held by Keith Wolahan, the seat of Sturt in South Australia, held by James Stevens, and the electorate of Banks in NSW, held by David Coleman.
Mr Albanese did not confirm if the seat of Fadden on Queensland's Gold Coast would be contested by Labor in the upcoming by-election after outgoing MP Stuart Robert's retirement.
It comes amid an internal push to run a candidate in the seat, despite Queensland being the coalition's stronghold.
Mr Albanese has previously acknowledged it was unlikely Labor would pull off another historic by-election seat win, after the government picked up Aston from the Liberals in April.
