Western Australia State MP's have returned to Parliament

ABC NEWS (Australia)

State MPs have returned to Parliament for the first sitting day of the year, and with an election a little over 12-months away all sides of politics are conscious the clock is ticking.

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00:00 Hitting the supermarket before the first day of Parliament,

00:03 the Premier has two things on his shopping list

00:06 of legislative priorities -

00:08 cost of living and community safety.

00:11 (LAUGHTER)

00:12 Roger Cook doesn't set supermarket prices,

00:15 but his government is setting a new maximum penalty

00:18 for assaults on retail staff,

00:21 with incidents climbing ever since COVID.

00:23 It's a disgrace.

00:25 Under new legislation, assaults against retail workers

00:28 could result in imprisonment for up to seven years.

00:31 We're not mucking around.

00:33 Gun ownership and rental tenancy reforms

00:36 also on this year's agenda.

00:38 But the chance to continue that work

00:40 is no sure thing for Labor backbenchers

00:43 who stole blue-ribbon Liberal seats at the last election,

00:46 despite their confidence.

00:47 Yeah, no, it's going to be a great year.

00:49 Very excited.

00:50 Oh, quite comfortable.

00:52 I'm very confident, yeah.

00:53 Former Liberal leader David Honey knows for sure

00:56 he won't be back for the 42nd Parliament,

00:59 losing pre-selection for Cottesloe at the weekend

01:01 to the Property Council's Sandra Brewer.

01:04 I'm really excited about opportunities

01:06 that exist outside of Parliament afterwards.

01:08 The current Liberal leader hosing down concerns

01:11 about a lack of parliamentary experience.

01:13 The team that we will be presenting to the 2025 election

01:17 has real-life experience.

01:19 They face a Herculean task,

01:21 needing to flip 25 Labor-held seats

01:24 to take government.

01:26 government.

01:28 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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