... committed for trial accused of child sex abuse.

A sitting West Australian parliamentarian has been committed to stand trial in the District Court on charges of sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl.

James Hayward, a member of the Legislative Council, is alleged to have abused the girl in the state's South West in November 2021, when he was a member of the Nationals WA.

He has since resigned and is currently sitting in parliament as an independent.