Carmen Mary Lawrence is an Australian academic and former politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 1990 to 1993,the first woman to become the premier of an Australian state. To date she is the only woman premier of Western Australia. A member of the Labor Party,she later entered federal politics as a member of the House of Representatives from 1994 to 2007,and served as a minister in the Keating government.
Brendan Patrick O'Connor is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for Skills and Training since 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since 2001. He held ministerial office in the governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 to 2013,including as a member of cabinet from 2012 to 2013. He was a member of the shadow cabinet from 2013 to 2022.
Patricia Jessie Giles was an Australian politician and activist for women's rights. She was a Senator for Western Australia from 1981 to 1993,representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She was the president of the International Alliance of Women for three terms,the last ending in 2004.
Linda Jean Kirk is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Australian Senate from 2002 to 2008,representing the state of South Australia.
Rosemary Anne Crowley is a former Australian politician. She served as a Senator for South Australia from 1983 to 2002,representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). In the Keating government she held ministerial office as Minister for Family Services (1993–1996) and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women (1993).
Louise Clare Pratt is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2016,and previously from 2008 to 2014. She is a member of the Labor Party,and served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2007. She was the youngest woman ever elected to the Legislative Council at the time of her election and the second open lesbian to be elected to an Australian parliament.
Linda Jean Burney is an Australian politician and former teacher serving as the current minister for Indigenous Australians since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),she has been the member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Barton since 2016,having previously been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Canterbury from 2003 to 2016. Burney is the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives.
Julian Gardner is an Australian lawyer renowned for his promotion of human rights through the practice of law. In 2015 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the community through leadership roles with social welfare,mental health,legal aid and other legal organisations".
John Anthony Chaney is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and President of the Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal. He was also formerly a judge of the District Court of Western Australia.
Suzanne Mary Ellery is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2001,representing South Metropolitan Region. She is the current Minister for Finance,Minister for Commerce,and Minister for Women's Interests in the McGowan government,having previously served as a minister in the government of Alan Carpenter from 2007 to 2008.
Dame Janet Marion Gaymer,DBE,KC (Hon.) served from January 2006 to December 2010 as a Civil Service Commissioner and Commissioner for Public Appointments,regulating ministerial appointments to designated public bodies in England,Wales and Northern Ireland.
Michaelia Clare Cash is an Australian politician who served as the 38th Attorney-General of Australia from 2021 to 2022 in the Morrison government. She has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2008 and is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Andrew James Giles is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since September 2013,representing the Division of Scullin,Victoria. He is currently the Minister for Skills and Training in the Albanese ministry. Giles joined the ALP when he was eighteen,and –prior to his election to Parliament –worked as a principal lawyer at Slater and Gordon in Melbourne,practising in employment law. Giles previously served as Shadow Assistant Minister for Schools between 2016 and 2019,and Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure from 2019 to 2022. Giles also previously served as one of the two federal parliamentary convenors of the Labor Left faction,along with Pat Conroy.
Melissa Lee Price is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Defence Industry from 2019 to 2022 and as Minister for Science and Technology from 2021 to 2022 in the Morrison government. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013,representing the Division of Durack in Western Australia. A member of the Liberal Party,she previously served as Minister for the Environment (2018–2019) and Assistant Minister for the Environment (2017–2018).
Linda Karen Reynolds is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party and has served as a Senator for Western Australia since 2014. She held senior ministerial office as a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022.
Matthew James Keogh is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel in the Albanese government since 2022. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2016,representing the Western Australian seat of Burt. He worked as a lawyer before entering politics.
Madeleine Mary Harvie King is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia in the Albanese government since June 2022.
David Robert Michael is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election,representing Balcatta. Michael is the WA Parliament's first MP of Finnish descent.
Patrick Possum Gorman is an Australian politician,elected as an Australian Labor Party representative for the Division of Perth at the 2018 Perth by-election.
The Western Australian Labor Party,officially known as the Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) and commonly referred to simply as WA Labor,is the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party. It is the current governing party of Western Australia since winning the 2017 election under Mark McGowan.
