Thank you. It is a tremendous privilege to have been elected State President at the State Conference on 24–25 October. Thank you to every delegate and observer who took part in the discussion and policy debate, especially our rural and regional members, many of whom travelled long distances to be there. My sincere thanks to the outgoing State President, Caroline Di Russo, for her stewardship of the WA Division over the past four years. Caroline continues to serve as a Federal

A convicted ISIS terrorist is back on Australian streets. And Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke did not even apply to a court to keep him behind bars. If you want to know just how weak, incompetent and dangerously complacent this Labor Government has become, look no further. Iaaac El Mataram is a convicted terrorise and a self-declared ISIS commander. A man who embraced an ideology of hatred, violence and terror - an ideology fundamentally opposed to everything Australia stan

Last week, after months of refusing, the Cook Government finally relented. Attorney General Tony Buti has asked the coroner to hold an inquest into the deaths of the three Hawke children in Port Hedland. This is a win for their grandmother, Dorothy Papertalk, who has fought for almost four years for answers about why her repeated warnings to authorities went unheeded. It’s also a win for everyone who refused to let this issue be swept aside. That includes the eminent legal mi

Richard Shalders was a dedicated Liberal and a vigorous campaigner who retained and consolidated a marginal seat for Sir Charles Court’s government but whose ministerial career was cut short by the major statewide defeat of 1983. Richard was born in Midland where his father owned a drapery business and was educated locally before joining the workforce at 16, with WA Government Railways and the Commonwealth public service before attending Claremont Teachers College in 1957-5

Australia’s migration system is no longer working for Australians. And Australians are paying the price. You see it when you try to rent a home in Perth. When you wait weeks for a GP appointment. When you sit in traffic on the Mitchell Freeway. And you hear it when your children or grandchildren tell you they have given up on the Australian dream of owning their own home. Under Anthony Albanese, Australia’s population has grown by a record 1.9 million people. Around 80 per c

Friends, Last week, West Australians were hit with another interest rate rise. For households already stretched by the cost of groceries, power, insurance, rent, and just about everything else, it was more bad news. But while families are being told to tighten their belts, the Cook Labor Government is doing the exact opposite. The 2025-26 Annual Report on State Finances, released last week, shows general government spending rose by $2.53 billion, or 5.5 per cent, which comes

He tells the Australian people one thing while knowing full well that what he is saying is not the truth. Take his latest fraud on the Australian people in regard to credit card surcharges. The Prime Minister stood in front of the cameras and told Australians that banning surcharges would save them money every time they tap. But on day one, businesses are already warning that prices will rise. Nobody likes card surcharges. Nobody enjoys getting to the end of a meal or a coffe

The past fortnight in State Parliament has been dominated by an issue that should concern every Western Australian - the safety of vulnerable children in the Pilbara. The revelations from South Hedland have been deeply disturbing, and our Opposition team has been determined to ensure they do not disappear from public view without answers, accountability and action. Much of what we now know has come to light because of the determined reporting of Ros Thomas at The Australian.

The last two sitting weeks of Parliament started out with the Coalition fighting to scrap Labor’s cruel $5,000 cap on military veterans’ allied health entitlements. It ended with the Albanese Government finally scrapping that cap - because of the pressure by the Coalition, veterans and Australians. It was a win for our veteran community - but a battle they should never have had to fight. And Labor cannot now rewrite history. When the measure was announced, the Government’s ow