Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

Hon Sally Elizabeth Talbot

Parliamentary Service

• MLC South West Region from 22 May 2005. Elected to the Thirty-Seventh Parliament for South West Region on 26 February 2005 (for term commencing 22 May 2005). Re-elected 2008, 2013, 2017 and 2021 for terms commencing 22 May.
  

• Deputy Chair of Committees from 4 May 2021 to present
  

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment, Climate Change, Peel from 11 April 2007 to 23 September 2008
• Shadow Minister for the Environment, Lands, Youth from 26 September 2008 to 9 April 2013
• Shadow Minister for Planning from 9 March 2010 to 21 February 2011
• Shadow Minister for Climate Change from 9 March 2010 to 8 April 2013
• Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs from 21 February 2011 to 26 January 2012
• Shadow Minister for Peel from 27 January 2012 to 8 April 2013
• Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Mental Health, Child Protection from 9 April 2013 to 12 September 2013
  

• Member, Standing Committee on Legislation from 26 May 2005 to 21 May 2013 (Reappointed 4 June 2009) (Elected Deputy Chair 4 June 2009)
• Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 17 August 2005 to 21 May 2013 (Re-elected 25 November 2008 and 4 June 2009)
• Member, Select Committee into Public Obstetric Services from 24 May 2006 to 7 August 2008
• Member, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 18 May 2011 to 14 December 2012 (Elected Deputy Chair 23 May 2011–14 December 2012)
• Member, Joint Standing Committee on the Commissioner for Children and Young People from 21 May 2013 to 21 May 2017
• Deputy, Chair Standing Committee on Legislation from 22 May 2013 to 21 May 2017
• Member, Joint Select Committee on Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition from 2 December 2014 to 26 March 2015
• Member, Select Committee into the Operations of the Western Australian Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals from 14 May 2015 to 19 May 2016
• Member, Standing Committee on Public Administration from 18 August 2015 to 16 February 2016
• Member, Joint Standing Committee on Audit from 6 September 2016 to 30 January 2017
• Member, Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations from 6 September 2016 to 21 May 2017
• Chair, Standing Committee on Legislation from 23 May 2017
• Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 23 May 2017 to 21 May 2021
• Member, Joint Standing Committee on the Commissioner for Children and Young People from 24 May 2017 to 21 June 2017
• Chair, Joint Standing Committee on the Commissioner for Children and Young People from 21 June 2017 to 21 May 2021
• Member, Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices from 23 August 2017 to 23 August 2018
• Deputy Chair, Select Committee on Personal Choice and Community Safety from 29 August 2018 to 12 May 2020
• Chair, Standing Committee on Legislation from 25 May 2021 to present
• Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 22 June 2021 to present
• Member, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review from 19 May 2022 to present
• Chair, Select Committee into Child Development Services from 31 August 2022 to present
  

• Secretary, Parliamentary Labor Party from 21 June 2005 to 18 June 2007
• President, Parliamentary Labor Party from 16 September 2008 to 23 September 2008

• Represented WA at 52nd General Conference, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Abuja, Nigeria, September 2006

Personal Information

• Partial Reason: Critical and Constructive Transformations of Ethics and Epistemology, Westport CT: Greenwood, 2000