Meet the Minister

The Hon. Alannah MacTiernan MLC, Minister for Regional Development; Agriculture & Food; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs & Trade

Opportunities for Regional Growth

 
AmCham's Meet the Minister Series provides senior business executives and officers of the Chamber the privilege and benefit of hearing a briefing by the Minister on important matters of state.

The Hon. Alannah MacTiernan MLC is the Western Australian Minister for Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade. Minister MacTiernan will share her views on opportunities for regional growth including advanced manufacturing, hi-tech metals, and the exportation of Pilbara sunlight to the world.

The Minister served in the State Parliament from 1993 to 2010.

As Minister for Planning and Infrastructure from 2001 to 2008, Ms MacTiernan was responsible for major projects across the State including the Mandurah rail line, the Forrest Highway, the Geraldton port and rail expansion and the Armadale town centre and Champion Lakes developments.

In 2011 she was elected Mayor of the City of Vincent and in 2013 was elected as the Member for Perth to the Federal Parliament, where she became Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Western Australia and Deputy Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia.

After Ms MacTiernan decided not to recontest Perth in 2016, she was invited to re-join WA Labor in the Legislative Council.

After being elected in 2017, she was appointed Minister for Regional Development and Agriculture and Food and Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade.

The Minister is committed to creating economic opportunity in our regional areas as well as bringing WA's agricultural sector into the 21st century through innovation and a focus on investing in science.

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