Sally Talbot

Sally Elizabeth Talbot (born 22 March 1953) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2005, representing the region of South West.

Biography[]

Talbot came from a family active in the British Labour Party where politics was actively discussed and engaged in.^[1] At 16 she finished her secondary schooling and attended the Royal College of Music in London, specialising in the cello. She spent the next 15 years working as a musician,^[2] however she said her life always turned back to her interest in politics.^[3]

While attending Murdoch University in Perth in 1983, she joined the staff as a federal member of parliament, her first formal job in politics. In 2001 she became the Assistant Secretary of the Labor Party, a position she held until 2005. It was in this role that she discovered the importance of engaging ordinary citizens in politics to create a better community, thus it was important to have active and healthy political parties.^[3] She left her staff role with the party to become a member of parliament, and later as the first President of the Western Australian branch of the Labor Party to be elected by popular ballot in 2008.^[2]

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• WA Parliament bio