Hon Hannah Beazley BA MLA

For Hon. Hannah Beazley BA MLA

Minister for Local Government; Disability Services; Youth; Volunteering; Gascoyne

Hannah Beazley was first elected to State Parliament as the Member for Victoria Park in 2021. Hannah was appointed to Cabinet in the Cook Labor Government in December 2023, as Minister for Local Government; Youth; Minister Assisting the Minister for Training and Workforce Development.

Prior to becoming a Minister, Hannah was a 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 to Minister Dawson and Minister Carey.

As Minister for Local Government, Hannah delivered the second tranche of the Cook Labor Government’s landmark local government reforms – continuing the biggest reforms to the sector in more than 25 years.

In the Youth portfolio, Hannah delivered the State’s second Youth Action Plan and is leading the development of WA’s first whole-of-government LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Strategy.

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 Western Australia Return Recycle Renew Ltd 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 has significant extra needs. When she’s not working, she can be found at her boys’ sports games and skateboarding, or vintage shopping around Victoria Park.