00:00Walking to the beat of their own drum and into a new era.
00:09The WA Greens now entering Parliament with four members, not just one.
00:14Yeah, very exciting and really great not to be the lone person in the Parliament anymore
00:19but to have these great people join us.
00:21The party returns to the Upper House with the balance of power,
00:24ending Labor's total control of State Parliament.
00:27New Greens MLC Sophie McNeil adding pressure on climate and foreign affairs.
00:33Choosing to wear a traditional Palestinian kefir before her swearing in,
00:37she said to make a statement.
00:39Any slight position of privileged power like we are lucky enough to have here in our Parliament
00:44should be standing with the people of Gaza and against this genocide.
00:47The Greens are joined by an increased crossbench of members from One Nation,
00:52the Animal Justice Party, Australian Christians and legalised cannabis.
00:56Labor will have to negotiate with all of them to push legislation through.
01:01Look, I think we're all committed to doing the best that we can for all West Australians.
01:05While it was all smiles in the Upper House, it was business as usual in the Legislative Assembly.
01:10The government on the attack over the opposition's support of a disallowance motion
01:14to quash part of the government's firearms regulations.
01:18The motion was voted down.
01:19The Leader of the Opposition, who was too afraid to speak in that debate,
01:25too afraid in three hours of debate, too afraid to speak on that debate,
01:30and then just followed, followed the Leader of the National Party.
01:35This disallowance motion was an opportunity for us to say to the government,
01:39these are the parts that aren't working in these regulations,
01:42we've listened to the community, we're communicating that now to you.
01:45Down to business in the Lower House while ushering in a new order in the Upper House.
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