David Scaife | |
---|---|
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Cockburn | |
Assumed office 13 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Fran Logan |
Personal details | |
Born | Subiaco,Western Australia | 16 December 1988
Political party | Labor (2005 –present) |
Alma mater | University of Western Australia University College London |
Website | www |
David Anthony Edward Scaife (born 16 December 1988) [1] is an Australian politician,who was elected as a Labor member for Cockburn in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly at the 2021 state election.
David Scaife was born on 16 December 1988 in Subiaco,Western Australia to Roy Edward Walter Scaife,a public servant,and Catherine Mary Scaife (née Rowe). He went to Australind Primary School from 1993 to 2000,and Australind Senior High School from 2001 to 2005. He was one of 23 students in 2005 to achieve a perfect Tertiary Entrance Rank score of 99.95. [2] He studied for a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Bachelor of Laws at the University of Western Australia from 2006 to 2012,and a Master of Laws at University College London in 2019 and 2020. [3]
Scaife joined the Australian Labor Party (WA) in 2005. He joined the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union in 2008,making him part of the Labor Left faction. [3] [4] He worked in the office of Senator Louise Pratt from August 2008 to November 2012. After that,he worked for the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union until March 2013. He was president of WA Young Labor in 2012. [3]
From August 2013 to August 2016,he worked as a lawyer for Slater and Gordon Lawyers. [3] From August 2016 until March 2017,he worked as a legal practise director for Eureka Lawyers. [5] [6]
Scaife contested the electoral district of Murray-Wellington for Labor in 2013,but lost. He later contested the electoral district of Cockburn for Labor at the 2021 state election,after its incumbent Labor member Fran Logan retired. He comfortably won the safe Labor seat,with 68.2% of the primary vote. [6]
Scaife grew up in regional Western Australia and is married to Ellie Whiteaker,the State Secretary of WA Labor. He currently lives in Beeliar. [7]
The Australia First Party (AFP),officially known as the Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated,is an Australian nationalist political party founded in 1996 by Graeme Campbell,a former member of the Australian Labor Party. The policies of the party have been described as nationalist,anti-multicultural and economically protectionist,advocating for strict immigration controls,the prioritization of Australian citizens in employment,and the promotion of Australian culture and values. The party's logo includes the Southern Cross of the Eureka Flag.
The City of Cockburn is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Fremantle and about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 167.5 square kilometres (64.7 sq mi) and had a population of over 104,000 as at the 2016 Census.
Peter McCallum Dowding SC is an Australian lawyer and former politician who was the 24th Premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1988 until his resignation on 12 February 1990. He was a member of parliament from 1980 to 1990.
The Division of Fremantle is an electoral division of the Australian House of Representatives in Western Australia.
The Australind is a currently suspended rural passenger train service in Western Australia operated by Transwa on the South Western Railway between Perth and Bunbury.
Harvey is a town located in the South West of Western Australia along the South Western Highway,140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Perth,between Pinjarra and Bunbury. It has a population of 2,797. Harvey Town is known for its dairy industry and oranges.
Australind is a town in Western Australia,located 12 km north-east of Bunbury's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Harvey. At the 2016 census,Australind had a population of 14,539.
The Shire of Harvey is a local government area of Western Australia. Harvey is located in the state's South West region,approximately 140 km south of Perth,and includes some of Bunbury's northern suburbs. The shire covers an area of 1,728 km²and had a population of approximately 26,500 as at the 2016 Census. Around 12% of the population are of Southern or Eastern European origin.
Melissa Parke is a former Australian Labor Party politician and UN human rights lawyer,who served as Member for the federal electoral Division of Fremantle in the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2016. In 2013 Parke was appointed by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as Minister for International Development and served in that capacity until Labor lost government later that year.
Forrest Highway is a 95-kilometre-long (59 mi) highway in Western Australia's Peel and South West regions,extending Perth's Kwinana Freeway from east of Mandurah down to Bunbury. Old Coast Road was the original Mandurah–Bunbury route,dating back to the 1840s. Part of that road,and the Australind Bypass around Australind and Eaton,were subsumed by Forrest Highway. The highway begins at Kwinana Freeway's southern terminus in Ravenswood,continues around the Peel Inlet to Lake Clifton,and heads south to finish at Bunbury's Eelup Roundabout. There are a number of at-grade intersections with minor roads in the shires of Murray,Waroona,and Harvey including Greenlands Road and Old Bunbury Road,both of which connect to South Western Highway near Pinjarra.
Rita Saffioti is an Australian politician. Representing the Australian Labor Party,she has been the member for the electoral district of West Swan in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly,the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia,since 6 September 2008. Since June 2023,she has been the deputy premier of Western Australia,the treasurer of Western Australia,the minister for transport,and the minister for tourism. From March 2017 to June 2023,she was the minister for transport and minister for planning. From March 2021 to June 2023,she was also the minister for ports. From March 2017 to December 2018,she was also the minister for lands.
Australind Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school,located in Australind,a regional centre in the South West region,163 kilometres (101 mi) south of Perth,Western Australia.
The 2017 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 11 March 2017 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia,including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council. The eight-and-a-half-year two-term incumbent Liberal–WA National government,led by Premier Colin Barnett,was defeated in a landslide by the Labor opposition,led by Opposition Leader Mark McGowan.
Alexander Donald Taylor AM was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1968 to 1984,representing the electoral district of Cockburn. He served as a minister in the government of John Tonkin,including as deputy premier from 1973 to 1974. Taylor later served as Administrator of Christmas Island from 1986 to 1990.
The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday,March 13,to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia,where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election.
The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government,led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison,sought to win a fourth consecutive term in office but was defeated by the opposition Labor Party,led by Anthony Albanese. Up for election were all 151 seats in the lower house,the House of Representatives,as well as 40 of the 76 seats in the upper house,the Senate.
Jagadish "Jags" Krishnan is an Indian-born Australian politician and general practitioner. He was elected as a Labor member for Riverton in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly at the 2021 state election.
The 2025 Western Australian state election is scheduled to be held on 8 March 2025 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia,where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 37 seats in the Legislative Council will be up for election.
The next Australian federal election will be held on or before 27 September 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and likely 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate will be contested. It is expected that at this election,the Labor government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be seeking re-election to a second term in office,opposed by the Liberal/National Coalition under Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton.
Ellie Whiteaker is a political party official in Western Australia. She is the first female Party Secretary of the WA State Branch of the Australian Labor Party.