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As of 2023, there have been 31 premiers of Western Australia. [9] Carmen Lawrence, who was appointed on 12 February 1990, is the first and only woman to be premier of Western Australia. She is also the first woman to be premier of an Australian state. [3] [10] By convention, the premier is a member of the Legislative Assembly. However, the ...
Roger Hugh Cook (born 20 August 1965) is an Australian politician serving as the 31st and current premier of Western Australia since 2023. He has been the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Kwinana since 2008.
The Cook Ministry is the 38th ministry of the Government of Western Australia.Led by the Premier Roger Cook and Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti, it succeeded the Second McGowan Ministry and was sworn in on 8 June 2023.
7. 13th Sir James Mitchell (1866–1951) GCMG: Nationalist: MLA for Northam (1905–1933) 17 May 1919 16 April 1924 4 years, 335 days: 7 years, 335 days 1921 1930: 24 April 1930 24 April 1933 3 years, 0 days 8. 21st Sir Charles Court (1911–2007) AK KCMG OBE: Liberal: MLA for Nedlands (1953–1982) 8 April 1974 25 January 1982 7 years, 292 ...
The premier leads the executive branch of the Government of Western Australia and is accountable to the Parliament of Western Australia. The premier is appointed by the governor of Western Australia. By convention, the governor appoints as premier whoever has the support of the majority of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
The ABC News channel is an Australian 24-hour news channel launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The channel replaced and used the then-former ABC HD channel space (which simulcast ABC TV in high definition) and commenced broadcasting as ABC News 24 at 7:30pm ( AEST ) on Thursday, 22 July 2010.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited a lithium processing plant in resource-rich Western Australia state on Tuesday, highlighting China's push to secure critical minerals as ...
Mark McGowan has been leader of the Western Australian Labor Party from January 2012 and premier of Western Australia from March 2017. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he achieved record levels of popularity and won the 2021 Western Australian state election in a landslide, winning 53 out of 59 possible seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and a majority in the Western Australian ...