#MedicareForAll #WholeWashington #WApolitics #SinglePayer #HealthcareIsAHumanRight
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Man kept in jail illegally amid psychiatric facility bed shortage #perthnews #wapols #wapolitics

#OnThisDay 7 October 1911 John Scaddan, leader of the Labor Party, was sworn in as the 10th Premier of Western Australia, succeeding Frank Wilson, an independent. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

It's the 83rd birthday of Peter McCallum Dowding, who was born #OnThisDay 6 October 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria. He served as the 24th Premier of Western Australia from 1988 to 1990 as leader of the Labor Party. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #victoria #politics

#OnThisDay 5 October 1948 Sir James Mitchell, who had served as Administrator of Western Australia since 1933, was sworn in as the 22nd Governor, succeeding Sir William Robert Campion, who retired in 1931. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

A slightly late #OnThisDay. On 1 October 1989 Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt was sworn in as Administrator of Western Australia, following the retirement of Gordon Stanley Reid as Governor the day before. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 30 September 1989 Gordon Stanley Reid retired as the 26th Governor of Western Australia, having served since 1984. He was succeeded the next day by Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt, first as Administrator and later as Governor. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 30 September 1980 Sir Wallace Hart Kyle retired as the 24th Governor of Western Australia, having served since 1975. He was succeeded in November by Sir Richard John Trowbridge. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 30 September 1869 Frederick Aloysius Weld was sworn in as the 8th Governor of Western Australia, succeeding Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine, who retired the day before. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 29 September 1911 Sir Charles Walter Michael Court was born in Crawley, Sussex, England. He served as the 21st Premier of Western Australia from 1974 to 1982 as leader of the Liberal Party. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #england #uk #unitedkingdom #politics

#OnThisDay 29 September 1869 Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine retired as Governor of Western Australia, having served since 1868. He was succeeded the next day by Frederick Aloysius Weld. John Bruce thus stepped down as Administrator. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

It's the 75th birthday of Geoffrey Ian "Geoff" Gallop, who was born #OnThisDay 27 September 1951 in Geraldton, Western Australia. He served as the 27th Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006 as leader of the Labor Party. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

It's the 79th birthday of Richard Fairfax Court, who was born #OnThisDay 27 September 1947 in Nedlands, Western Australia. He served as the 26th Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 as leader of the Liberal party. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #auspol #auspolitics #politics

Pastor Margaret Court wants WA parliament to keep Christian prayers and add the Ten Commandments in schools, as a review weighs a secular option. The Rationalist Society says WA needs religion-neutral institutions.

#WAPolitics #auspol

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#OnThisDay 23 September 2008 Colin James Barnett, leader of the Liberal Party, was sworn in as the 29th Premier of Western Australia, succeeding Alan John Carpenter of the Labor Party. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

#OnThisDay 22 September 1923 Gordon Stanley Reid was born in Hurstville, New South Wales. He served as the 26th Governor of Western Australia from 1984 to 1989. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #nsw #newsouthwales #politics

Washington leaders: Rep. Julio Cortes and fellow state lawmakers, silence is a choice. Stand for workers and mixed-status families.

@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @governorferguson.bsky.social @wadems.org

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#OnThisDay 16 September 1910 Frank Wilson was sworn in as the 9th Premier of Western Australia, succeeding Sir Newton James Moore. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics

John Duresky is "here to get shit done”

By Dori Luzzo Gilmour

Narrated by @jmwood.bsky.social

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#JohnDuresky #DureskyForCongress #WA04 #WA4th #WA4 #CentralWA #EasternWA #WashingtonPolitics #WAPolitics #MidtermElections #TriCitiesWA #YakimaWA #MosesLakeWA

#OnThisDay 8 September 2004 Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt died at the age of 86 in Perth, Western Australia. He served as the 11th Chief Justice of Western Australia from 1977 to 1988, and as the 27th Governor from 1990 to 1993. #OTD #history #wapol #wapolitics #politics