For more than two decades Bruce Donaldson was a loyal, shrewd and effective standard bearer for the Liberal Party in rural Western Australia, serving as MLC for the Agricultural Region for 16 years, as a shadow minister and as Whip in the Legislative Council from 2001 until 2009. Bruce Donaldson was born in Armadale in 1938 to a farming family and was educated locally and at Hale School before graduating from Narrogin Agricultural College. From 1956 he was a farmer and gra

Last Thursday, Angus Taylor delivered the Coalition’s Budget Reply - laying out a clear plan to restore Australians’ standard of living and protect our way of life after three difficult years under Labor. Australians know they are worse off. Families are paying more for groceries, electricity, insurance, rent and mortgages. Young Australians are being locked out of home ownership. Small businesses are struggling under rising costs and red tape. And hardworking Australians are

After heroic campaigning in Syria, Kokoda and Borneo in WWII, Bill Grayden set a record for campaigning and Parliamentary service, playing a major role in the Liberal state and federal victories in 1947/49 and as a stalwart MLA for South Perth for a further 37 years. Bill Grayden was born on 5th August 1920, son of a Gallipoli veteran and a grandson of Nat Harper, mine manager, leading businessman and a Liberal MLA 1910-14. After living in Victoria with his mother and ste

For the last year, the WA Liberal Parliamentary team have made it our priority to be out listening to communities across WA, and last week that took us to the Goldfields. Alongside the Hon. Phil Twiss MLC, the Hon. Neil Thomson MLC and Federal Member for O'Connor Rick Wilson MP, we travelled through Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Gwalia, Leonora and Laverton meeting with locals, businesses and community leaders to hear about the challenges and successes in their communities. At every st

On 12 May, the Albanese Government will hand down its fifth Budget. After four years in office, Australians are not asking for spin. They are not asking for excuses. They are asking a simple question: why are we worse off? Because that is the reality. Australians have experienced the worst decline in living standards in the developed world. Inflation remains higher here than in every major advanced economy. Interest rates have risen 14 times. And debt is racing towards $1 tr

Over the past few weeks, the State Liberal team has been working hard in and around the community. We returned to Parliament for a single sitting to debate and pass the Ratification of Fuel, Energy and Power Resources (Declaration of State of Emergency) Order 2026. You can watch my full speech here . Outside of Parliament, I have continued to travel around the State to hear directly from West Australians about the issues that matter most to them. That has included a trip to