West Australian Premier Mark McGowan remains committed to indefinitely detaining people convicted of terror offences who are deemed at risk of further violence.
Parole laws will be high on the agenda during the Council of Australian Governments meeting in Hobart this week and the prime minister has expressed concern about the issue following a terror incident in Melbourne.
Labor flagged reforming WA laws during the election campaign so at-risk violent offenders could be kept in prison longer than the term of their sentence, just like dangerous sex offenders.
Mr McGowan said on Wednesday that he stood by the promise.
"I would expect that would address the issue that the prime minister is referring to," he told reporters.
"There's no one in prison (in WA) who has been convicted of a terrorism offence.
"If there are people in prison who are radicalising or attempting to radicalise other prisoners, well obviously that's something that we'll ensure the parole board is made aware of."
Mr McGowan said he wanted the laws introduced in state parliament within the next year.
"I'm happy to work with the commonwealth on achieving the right outcome, but I think our approach is the best," he said.
"If there's a requirement for national consistency, we'll ensure we work with the commonwealth."
Mr McGowan said he also planned to discuss the "rotten" GST deal WA was getting during the COAG meeting.
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