Peppermint Grove is an affluent western suburb of Perth,Western Australia on the north bank of the Swan River at Freshwater Bay. Its local government area,the smallest in the country,is the Shire of Peppermint Grove. The suburb was named after its trademark Swan River peppermint trees lining many streets. The suburb has long been associated with Western Australia's wealthiest and oldest families. Their prosperity is reflected in the many historical houses in the area,such as The Cliffe and the Federation Queen Anne style St Just. Colin Barnett,a former Premier of Western Australia,dubbed the suburb "Monaco of WA" due to its small size and concentration of wealth.
Shenton College is a public co-educational partially selective high school,located in Shenton Park,a suburb of Perth,Western Australia.
Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt,was an Australian jurist who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Western Australia,from 1977 to 1988,and the 27th Governor of Western Australia,from 1990 to 1993.
The Western Australia Police Force,colloquially WAPOL,provides police services throughout the state of Western Australia,an area of 2.5 million square kilometres,the world's largest non-federated area of jurisdiction,with a population of 2.66 million,of which 2.11 million reside in the Perth Metropolitan Region.
Kenneth Comninos Michael,is an Australian civil engineer,academic and former public servant who was the 30th Governor of Western Australia,serving from 2006 to 2011.
Applecross Senior High School is a public co-educational high school,located in Ardross,a southern suburb of Perth,Western Australia.
Perth Festival,named Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF) between 2000 and 2017,and sometimes referred to as the Festival of Perth,is Australia's longest-running cultural festival,held annually in Western Australia. The program features contemporary and classical music,dance,theatre,performance,literature and ideas,visual arts,large-scale public works. The main events of the festival take place every year from February to March and the film festival now known as Lotterywest Films runs from November to April,as part of the Perth Festival.
Wayne Stewart Martin is a lawyer and former judge who served as Chief Justice of Western Australia from 2006 until his retirement in 2018. Martin is also the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia,having been sworn in on 9 October 2009.
Mark McGowan is an Australian politician,the 30th premier of Western Australia,and the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Labor Party.
John Robert Quigley is an Australian barrister,solicitor and politician in Western Australia. A member of the ALP,he has served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from the 2001 election until the present,initially as the Member for Innaloo (2001–2005) until that seat's abolition in an electoral redistribution,then as the Member for Mindarie (2005-2013) until that seat's abolition in an electoral redistribution and is currently the Member for Butler. As of March 2022,he is the state's Attorney-General and Minister for Electoral Affairs in the second McGowan ministy after holding the position of Attorney General and Minister for Commerce in the McGowan Ministry.
Robert John Pearce is a former Australian politician,who was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1977 until 1993 representing the seats of Gosnells and Armadale.
Deidre Willmott is a former Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia. Prior to becoming Executive Chairman of Cannings Purple Strategic,Wilmott was Communications Director of External Relations for the Fortescue Metals Group.
David Charles Parker is a former Australian politician from Western Australia,serving as a minister in the Burke Ministry (1983–1988),then as Deputy Premier in the Dowding Ministry (1988–1990). He later served a jail term for perjury for evidence given to the WA Inc royal commission.
Charles Frederic John North was an Australian lawyer and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1924 to 1956,initially representing the Nationalist Party and later the Liberal Party. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1947 to 1953.
Malcolm Cameron Lee is a former judge that served on the Federal Court of Australia. He was based in Perth,Western Australia.
Kerry Gaye Sanderson,is a retired Australian public servant and business director,who served as the 32nd Governor of Western Australia,in office from 20 October 2014 to 1 May 2018. She is the first woman to have held the position. She has since served as Chancellor of Edith Cowan University for 2019–2021.
Sir James Alexander McCusker was a prominent Australian financial services industry figure and philanthropist during the 20th century.
The UWA Law School is the law school of the University of Western Australia,located in Perth,Western Australia.
Western Australia was the second Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying,after Victoria. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2019 was passed into law on 19 December 2019,and came into effect on 1 July 2021.
