Western Australia State Government Address

The Honourable Mark McGowan MLA is the 30th Premier of Western Australia.

As Premier, Mr McGowan has secured a fair share of the GST for Western Australia, the passage of Voluntary Assisted Dying laws, the delivery of METRONET and is steering the State through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Across his first term, his WA Labor Government has driven job-creating initiatives such as the LNG Jobs Taskforce, which brings government and industry together to maximise local job opportunities, Infrastructure WA, a new approach to infrastructure planning for the state, and WA Industry Link, which gives local businesses better opportunities to tender for government work.

Mark McGowan studied arts and law at the University of Queensland, before joining the Royal Australian Navy and driving across the Nullarbor to Western Australia, serving as a Lieutenant at HMAS STIRLING.

Mr McGowan still lives in Rockingham, where he met his wife Sarah and they are raising their three children – Samuel, Alexander and Amelia.

Wanting to give back to his community, Mr McGowan served as a local councillor and Deputy Mayor, before being elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1996 representing the state seat of Rockingham.

Mark McGowan was elected Leader of the WA Labor Party in 2012, a role he has now served in for over eight years, through two state elections.

Mr McGowan was awarded a Governor General’s Commendation for Brave Conduct for actions he took in 1995 rescuing an unconscious driver from a burning car. He remains a standby member of the Naval Reserves.