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23.01.2022 This year’s #NAIDOC Week’s theme of ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ is beautifully expressed within #WAParliament’s new webpage. Encapsulating art, language and Indigenous voices within Parliament, visitors to this virtual exhibition can immerse themselves in a tribute to the contributions Indigenous Western Australians make to our state. View the virtual exhibition: https://bit.ly/POWA_NAIDOC2020 Naidoc Perth #NAIDOC2020 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

23.01.2022 Today is the first day of summer and many of us are looking forward to spending time at the beach. This Friday is #BoardiesDayWA which promotes Surf Life Saving WA volunteers who keep Western Australian beaches safe for swimmers. Our beach loving Building Services team at #WAParliament certainly didn’t mind getting into the swim of things to help support this important day. #firstdaysummer #PerthSummer

23.01.2022 Yesterday at a joint sitting of both houses in #WAParliament, Mr Benjamin Small was elected to the Australian Senate to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mathias Cormann. #WAHistory #Senate

20.01.2022 On Wednesday, 25 November 2020, #WAParliament will have a joint sitting of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly to fill a Senate vacancy due to the resignation of Senator Mathias Cormann. Both Houses will meet in the Legislative Council chamber at 11.30am. Watch live: https://bit.ly/POWAWatchAndListen #WAHistory #Senators

20.01.2022 Condolence motions will be moved in both the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly today for former member Hon Jim Brown.

19.01.2022 Members of the 2020 YMCA WA Youth Parliament Taskforce were hosted at #WAParliament by Sabine Winton MLA and Matthew Hughes Member for Kalamunda MLA in acknowledgement of their hard work in organising and running the Youth Parliament program during this challenging year. #WAParliament has had an enduring relationship with the Western Australian YMCA Youth Parliament which is in its 25th year. #YouthParliament #YouthVoice

19.01.2022 The Legislative Council of Western Australia sits at 2.00 pm today for its last scheduled sitting week for the year. However it may not be the last sitting for Council members as the Legislative Council does not change its membership until 22 May following each state election. #WAParliament #MPs #WAElection

18.01.2022 #WAParliament is very excited to receive the final Parliamentary Research Program reports for 2020. As participating university students breathe a sigh of relief that the academic year is finally over, Parliament will be collecting their research reports for our participating members to review and potentially use for policies in the future. We thank our participating members, supervisors and most importantly, the students from all five universities: Edith Cowan University (ECU), Murdoch University, The University of Western Australia, The University of Notre Dame Australia and Curtin University for their hard work in writing valuable research material. We wish them all the best for the future. #MPs #UniversityStudents

17.01.2022 Yesterday members in both Houses remembered Hon Jim Brown, former Member for the South East Province and Agricultural Region in the Legislative Council and MerredinYilgarn in the Legislative Assembly, who died on 28 May this year. He served on numerous parliamentary committees and two Royal Commissions. Read the Council condolences in Hansard: https://bit.ly/JimBrownLC Read the Assembly condolences in Hansard: https://bit.ly/JimBrownLA

16.01.2022 As our personal and professional lives go increasingly online, it’s important to be aware of the risks of cyber threats and be proactive about how we share and store information securely, particularly on International Computer Security Day. The Australian Cyber Security Centre has a range of resources and tools for businesses and individuals to help make Australia the most secure place to connect online. #ComputerSecurityDay

14.01.2022 #WAParliament is currently hosting an impressive three metre aluminium tree in the Forrest Foyer. Designed by artist, Stuart Bryce, ‘Pine Ali’ is a modern take on the traditional Christmas tree. Stuart drew inspiration from Norfolk pines which seafarers use to navigate to safe harbour. It is the hope of the artist that everyone who is able to travel to Western Australia for the festive season arrives safely. The tree will also serve as a focal point for staff donations to the annual Salvation Army Christmas Appeal. #SalvationArmyChristmasAppeal #ArtInWA

13.01.2022 The former President of the Legislative Council, the Hon Clive Griffiths passed away on Sunday, 8 November. He is the longest serving Legislative Council President, holding the position for 20 years before his retirement in 1997. The current President, Hon Kate Doust passed on her condolences in a statement to the House: https://bit.ly/Clive_Griffiths Read more: https://bit.ly/BioCliveGriffiths #WAParliament #MPs #WAHistory

13.01.2022 On the last sitting day for the Legislative Council yesterday, three committees tabled reports on petitions, the 2020-21 budget cycle, and the participation of children and young people in parliamentary proceedings. Read the reports https://bit.ly/37gcYm5

09.01.2022 #OnThisDay in 1879, Edith Cowan (nee Brown), the first woman member of Parliament in Australia, took a ‘hop, skip and a jump, down the aisle’. Eighteen at the time, she married James Cowan. He was Clerk of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1875 to 1879 when he left to become Registrar and Master of the Supreme Court. They were married in St George's Cathedral, Perth. The couple had five children, Dircksey Constance (1880), Norman Walkinshaw (1882), Hilda Edith (1883), Ida Marion (1885) and Helen May Burdett (1891). The Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co studio photograph was thought to have been taken while Edith was on her honeymoon in Melbourne. Image: State Library of Western Australia: BA2843/27 Read more: http://bit.ly/EdithCowanBio #EdithCowan #WomenFirsts #WAHistory

09.01.2022 #OnThisDay in 1915, Mr J.J. Holmes (seen in the photograph below) introduced an Anti-Shouting Bill which was passed by the Legislative Council on the same day without debate. However it was defeated in the Legislative Assembly on the casting vote of the Speaker. Anti-shouting was not about the volume of the debate in the chambers but the tradition of paying for a round of friends’ drinks at a pub or in the words of the bill: ‘An Act to prohibit the supply of liquor to any person on licensed premises except same is applied to and paid for by the person by whom it is consumed and for purposes connected therewith.’ Mr Millington MLC thought the bill would come under the ‘title of freak legislation’. #WAParliament #WAHistory #WALegislation

07.01.2022 The Public Administration Committee yesterday tabled its report on Consultation with Statutory Officer Holders.

05.01.2022 The Standing Committee on Legislation yesterday tabled its report on the Guardian and Administration Amendment (Medical Research) Bill 2020.

01.01.2022 Co-convenors of the Parliamentary Friends of Germany Group, Hon Mike Nahan MLA and Sabine Winton MLA were joined by Members, Dr Gabriele Maluga, Honorary Consul of Germany to Western Australia and representatives from the Western Australian German community to officially launch the Friendship Group at #WAParliament. It was also a celebration of the 30th anniversary of #GermanUnityDay. Western Australia has a strong German community. One of these members, Frauke Bolten-Boshammer, Kimberley Fine Diamonds, Kununurra, gave the keynote address. A proud Western Australian-German! #GermanyAustralia #ParliamentaryFriends