Roger Cook is expected to confirm he has the support to become Western Australia’s next premier. 7NEWS
Works for state and federal Labor MPs including Jim McGinty, Stephen Smith and Chris Evans.
Within days, appointed deputy to Labor leader Eric Ripper, who assumes the top opposition post after the Liberals and Nationals form government.Roger Cook has served as Labor deputy since 2017.Becomes deputy premier and health minister in 2017 as Labor storms to power, redeeming its election loss four years earlier.
Plays a prominent role alongside McGowan in introducing a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, including unprecedented state border closures.Retiring WA Premier Mark McGowan is expected to be replaced by his deputy Roger Cook .Fends off calls for his resignation amid fury and distress within the health system after seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath dies of sepsis at Perth Children’s Hospital in April 2021, having spent hours waiting for treatment.
Cleared by a tribunal in 2023 of unfairly dismissing a staffer but rebuked for failing to prevent her misconduct.
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