Federal election 2025: Resources Minister Madeleine King and WA Premier Roger Cook make last pitch to voters

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Federal election 2025: Resources Minister Madeleine King and WA Premier Roger Cook make last pitch to voters

Resources Minister Madeleine King and Premier Roger Cook have made their last pitch to voters on election morning, urging West Aussies to make the choice that keeps the country moving forward.

Hitting up a polling booth at Wellard Primary School, in Ms King’s Federal electorate of Brand and Mr Cook’s State seat of Kwinana, the pair were all smiles as they chatted to voters, volunteers and took a few selfies with locals.

Brand is a very safe Labor seat with a 17.1 per cent margin, making it almost a sure thing for Ms King, who has held the seat for nine years.

The Premier sung his Federal counterpart’s praises, saying he was “really proud” to have “another member of the great local community” in Ms King.

“She’s a great voice. She works hard every day for the community in Canberra and is a great and powerful voice in the Albanese Labor Government,” Mr Cook said.

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Sticking to Labor’s well-worn campaign lines, Ms King said West Aussies “face a clear choice” in this election.

“A choice between the Albanese Labor Government, who wants to build Australia’s future, or Peter Dutton’s volatile Liberal Party and National Coalition that will simply cut and cut and cut,” she said.

“Today, Western Australians have a chance to support an Albanese Labor Government that will deliver the services we know they need and they want, like a really strong Medicare, but also investing in the mining and resources sector, and investing in the services that all West Australians need and rely upon.”

The Brand MP said that she and her colleagues “have invested in Western Australia, have invested in Australia and believe in Australians”.

“And there will be no deals in a ********* government, should that be the case. But I am going for that majority government, just like the Prime Minister is,” she said.

Faced with a growing trend of younger voters turning away from the major political parties, Ms King said that she remained “very optimistic that young people in Australia will support the Albanese Government”.

“Every voter has a choice when they go into that ballot box,” she said.

“Vote for a stable leader, thoughtful leader, Anthony Albanese, and put him against the volatile and often angry Peter Dutton, who has no vision for the future of this country.”

Mr Cook backed in Ms King, saying West Australians should not take the “risk” of a Coalition government.

“Albo is a friend of WA,” he said. “He’s come to Western Australia more times than the last four prime ministers combined.

“His Cabinet has come to Western Australia on repeated occasions.

“The fact is the Albanese Labor Government gets WA. And I need a strong partner in Canberra to make sure that we can continue to take this State forward.”

Camera IconWA Premier Roger Cook at Wellard Primary School. Credit: Justin Benson-Cooper/The Sunday Times

Mr Cook also took the opportunity to remind voters about the GST deal, which he said could put West Aussies in a precarious situation if Mr Dutton becomes prime minister.

“And don’t forget, Peter Dutton didn’t back our fair share of the GST for all Western Australians — that should send a chill up your spine,” he said.

“The Liberals will rip literally billions out of the Western *********** economy.”

But the Premier conceded that should Mr Dutton take the reins, the State Government would work with him to continue taking WA forward.

“Western Australia is the engine room of the national economy. So if Peter Dutton wants to continue to take this country forward, he has to work with us and we will work with him,” Mr Cook said.

“But I need a trusted partner in Canberra and that trusted partner is Anthony Albanese.”

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