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Voluntary assisted dying recorded votes
Votes on record · 2
- ✓Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019Lets an adult who is an Australian citizen or permanent resident, has lived in Western Australia for at least 12 months, has decision-making capacity and is acting voluntarily, with an advanced, progressive condition expected to cause death within six months (12 months for a neurodegenerative condition) and suffering that cannot be relieved in a way they find tolerable, request voluntary assisted dying. It takes three requests, two verbal and a written declaration witnessed by two independent people; health practitioners may conscientiously object, and a Voluntary Assisted Dying Board oversees compliance.3 Sep 2019 ↗24 Sep 2019 ↗
Gender & LGBTQ+ policy news report
Labor MLA (Kwinana); later WA Premier. As Health Minister, Cook publicly opposed gay conversion practices, stating on 3 July 2018: "I am strongly opposed to and do not support the use of sexual orientation change efforts of any kind," and describing practices that attempt to change sexual orientation as "abhorrent" and damaging to the mental health of LGBTI people. As Premier (Cook Labor Government) his government committed to banning LGBTIQA+ conversion practices and delivered gender recognition reforms abolishing the Gender Reassignment Board.
- WA Health Minister voices his opposition to gay conversion therapies
- Western Australia To Ban Anti-Gay Conversion Practices
Votes on record · 1
- ✓Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Bill 2025Replaces Western Australia's three assisted reproduction and surrogacy Acts with one. Access to IVF and surrogacy no longer requires medical infertility, so single people and same-sex couples can use them; reciprocal IVF and fertility preservation are allowed. Surrogacy no longer needs the Reproductive Technology Council's approval, but the parties must get independent legal advice and counselling first; commercial surrogacy and trade in eggs, sperm and embryos stay banned. All donor-conceived people get a right to information about their donor, the council is replaced by an advisory and review board, clinics are licensed by the Department of Health's chief executive, and a surviving partner can use a deceased person's reproductive material where the person consented, or with the board's approval where there was no consent either way.18 Sep 2025 ↗
Religious freedom news report
As Premier leading the Cook Labor Government, Cook's government committed to reforming and narrowing the religious exemptions under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (following the Law Reform Commission's 2022 review, which recommended limiting faith-based bodies' exemptions) and to strengthening Equal Opportunity protections for LGBTIQA+ staff and students in religious schools, including limiting when Christian schools can hire or enrol based on their beliefs. His government has also committed to introducing a conversion practices ban. The Index report noted the re-elected Cook Government's commitment to limiting faith-based schools' hiring and enrolment on the basis of belief. Before the March 2025 election, Cook declined to commit to specific timelines for these reforms, with responses delegated to the Attorney General.
Native forest logging recorded votes
Votes on record · 2
- ✓Conservation and Land Management Amendment Bill 2025Writes the end of commercial logging in Western Australia's native forests into law. Timber production on a sustained yield basis is removed as a purpose for which state forest and timber reserves can be set aside, and regulations can no longer make it one; removing salvage forest products in the circumstances the regulations set out can continue. Also lets the Conservation and Parks Commission meet remotely and makes the Act's schedule gender-neutral.18 Jun 2025 ↗18 Jun 2025 ↗
Health recorded votes
Votes on record · 1
- ✓Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Bill 2025Replaces Western Australia's three assisted reproduction and surrogacy Acts with one. Access to IVF and surrogacy no longer requires medical infertility, so single people and same-sex couples can use them; reciprocal IVF and fertility preservation are allowed. Surrogacy no longer needs the Reproductive Technology Council's approval, but the parties must get independent legal advice and counselling first; commercial surrogacy and trade in eggs, sperm and embryos stay banned. All donor-conceived people get a right to information about their donor, the council is replaced by an advisory and review board, clinics are licensed by the Department of Health's chief executive, and a surviving partner can use a deceased person's reproductive material where the person consented, or with the board's approval where there was no consent either way.18 Sep 2025 ↗
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Record last updated 2026-10-29.