Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA

Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation; Manufacturing; Skills and TAFE; Pilbara

BA

House:

Legislative Assembly

Party:

Australian Labor Party

Electorate:

Morley

Electorate Office:

Unit 3
263 Walter Road
Morley WA 6062
Ph: (08) 9275 7000
Email: amber.jade.sanderson@mp.wa.gov.au

Postal Address:
PO Box 62
Morley WA 6943

Ministerial Office:

5th Floor Dumas House 2 Havelock Street
WEST PERTH WA 6005
Ph: (08) 6552 5900
Minister.Sanderson@dpc.wa.gov.au

Inaugural Speech:

Inaugural Video: MLC 2013

MLA 2017

Speeches by Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson

Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook

SANDERSON, Hon. Amber-Jade, MLA
Member for Morley
Australian Labor Party

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE

Elected to the Thirty-Ninth Parliament for East Metropolitan Region on 5 April 2013 for term commencing 22 May 2013.
Resigned 5 February 2017 (to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Morley).
Elected to the Fortieth Parliament for Morley, at the general election of 11 March 2017, in succession to Ian Maxwell Britza (defeated).
Re-elected 2021, 2025.

Parliamentary Appointments

Deputy Chair of Committees from 16 October 2013 to 5 February 2017.

Ministerial Appointments

Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations; Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet from 17 March 2017 to 19 March 2021.
Minister for Environment; Climate Action; Commerce from 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021.
Minister for Health; Mental Health from 21 December 2021 to 19 March 2025.
Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation; Manufacturing; Skills and TAFE; Pilbara from 19 March 2025.

Standing Committees

Member, Standing Committee on Public Administration from 22 May 2013 to 18 August 2015.
Member, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review from 22 May 2013 to 18 August 2015.
Member, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review from 24 February 2016 to 11 October 2016.
Member, Standing Committee on Public Administration from 16 February 2016 to 5 February 2017.

Select Committees

Member, Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices from 23 August 2017 to 23 August 2018, (Chair from 4 September 2017).

PERSONAL

Birth

Born 25 October 1976, Ascot, Sydney, New South Wales.

Qualifications and occupation before entering Parliament

BA (Journalism).
Assistant Secretary, United Voice.

MORLEY - ELECTORATE PROFILE

The electorate of Morley includes all or parts of the City of Bayswater and the City of Stirling.

Comprising of all or parts of the localities of Dianella, Mirrabooka, Morley, Nollamara and Noranda.

Enrolment - 30,910 (2025)

Area - 20 km²

Further Biographical Details for Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson