News Articles for Carmen Lawrence

Michelle Roberts has become the latest Labor parliamentarian to call time ahead of the 2025 state election, relinquishing her preselection in an announcement to parliament today.

Prominent Australians have urged Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to save sacred sites they say are at risk from a new gas export hub in Western Australia.

A national program to increase the number of women in Australian politics has been launched at the University of Western Australia.

As criticism of the government's energy market intervention settles, Madeleine King is focused on pushing Australian resources to the fore of the global energy transition.

Those fighting to repurpose the Fremantle Traffic Bridge say it can serve a practical, modern purpose as well as a historical one.

A total of 80 Western Australians were recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for 2022 including Carmen Lawrence, Murray McHenry, Amber Hasler and Geoffrey Stooke.

The WA government has provided millions in taxpayers' money without appropriate transparency and accountability.

Our weekly appointment wrap-up includes Donna Carrington, Gary Smith, Chris Kopec, Meredith McClements, John Gardner, John Goodlad, David Flanagan, Erica Smyth, Carmen Lawrence, John Chand

Colin Barnett, Carmen Lawrence and Jennifer Lawrence are among the high profile names appointed to the UWA Public Policy Institute's international advisory board today.

The third instalment from Peter Kennedy's new book on WA's recent political past examines the pressure on Carmen Lawrence to set up a royal commission into what became known as WA Inc.

Peter Kennedy's new book promises a fascinating ride through four decades of WA political history.

Carmen Lawrence has been appointed to the board of the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA, replacing Margaret Seares.

From council amalgamations to Elizabeth Quay, power prices to ballooning debt, Colin Barnett faces criticism whichever way he turns.

A SERIES of moves by political staffers into roles linked to the resources sector reveals the growing need for corporate players to find their way around bureaucracy and political roadblocks.

A SERIES of moves by political staffers into roles linked to the resources sector reveals the growing need for corporate players to find their way around bureaucracy and political roadblocks.

Former Western Australian Premier Carmen Lawrence has today been appointed to the board of the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund, replacing founding board member Kerry Sanderson.

Last month's announcement by former Fremantle Labor MHR, Carmen Lawrence, that she intends to return to academe raises an interesting triple-headed historical question.

AUSTRALIA'S first female premier, Carmen Lawrence, last week announced her retirement from political life, effective at the next federal election.

THE federal member for Fremantle, Dr Carmen Lawrence, and Cottesloe MLA Colin Barnett plan to fire off a few volleys this Sunday to help launch the new tennis courts at the North Fremantle Bowling

Beazley wins unopposed The then Federal Minister for Finance, Kim Beazley became the natural successor to then Prime Minister Paul Keating, easily winning an election to become Deputy Prime Ministe

FEDERAL Labor politician Carmen Lawrence has written to a Fremantle cafe that decided to opt out of WA's industrial relations syste