Hon Hannah Beazley BA MLA
Biography
For Hon Hannah Beazley BA MLA
Minister for Local Government; Youth; Minister Assisting the Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Hannah Beazley is the Minister for Local Government and Youth, and the Minister Assisting the Minister for Training and Workforce Development.
Since being elected to State Parliament as the Member for Victoria Park in March 2021, Hannah has been the member of several Parliamentary and Joint Committees and held the position of Caucus Secretary of the State Parliamentary Labor Party from 2021 to 2023, and then Parliamentary Secretary Minister Dawson and Minister Carey.
Hannah is born and bred Victoria Park. Having gone to school at East Victoria Park Primary School and St Joachim’s (now Ursula Frayne Catholic College), and living locally, Hannah understands the community and their priorities and values.
Before entering Parliament, Hannah held senior executive positions across the not-for-profit and education sectors, including helping lead the team at local not-for-profit Western Australia Return Recycle Renew Ltd (WARRRL) to develop, roll out and administer the State’s highly successful container deposit scheme, Containers for Change.
Hannah has also worked across the private sector and government, including as speechwriter to two Western Australian Premiers, and was a successful entrepreneur, starting, growing and selling a profitable local retail business.
Hannah is Mum to two boys, one of whom lives with disabilities. When she’s not working, she can be found at her boys’ soccer and lacrosse games, or vintage shopping around Victoria Park.