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Liberal
Member
Liberal Party
Branch member
Dunsborough since 2006
Branch secretary
2012-2014
Branch president
2014
Secretary
Forrest Division Women
2014
Committee member
Liberal campaign for Warren Blackwood
2012-2013 |
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18 October 2014 |
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Vasse |
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Electorates
- MLA Vasse from 18 October 2014. Elected to the Thirty-Ninth Parliament for Vasse at the by-election on 18 October 2014, held to fill the vacancy following the resignation of Mr Troy Buswell. Re-elected 2017 and 2021.
Parliamentary Appointments
- Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 11 March 2020 to 7 December 2020
Office
- Shadow Minister for Tourism; Small Business from 25 March 2017 to 27 June 2019
- Shadow Minister for Transport; Shadow Minister assisting the Leader from 27 June 2019 to 28 February 2020
- Shadow Minister for Transport; Ports; Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader from 28 February 2020 to 13 July 2020
- Shadow Minister for Transport; Ports; Fisheries; Shadow Minister assisting the Leader from 13 July 2020 to 8 December 2020
- Shadow Minister for Transport; Ports; Fisheries from 8 December 2020 to 29 January 2021
- Shadow Minister for Health; Mental Health; Disability Services; Prevention of Family & Domestic Violence from 19 April 2021 to 7 February 2023
- Shadow Minister for Health; Mental Health; Disability Services; Prevention of Family & Domestic Violence; Child Protection from 7 February 2023 to 2 November 2023
- Shadow Minister for Health; Mental Health; Prevention of Family & Domestic Violence from 2 November 2023
Committees
- Member, Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 26 February 2015 to 30 January 2017
- Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 23 May 2017 to 7 December 2020
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 20 June 2017 to 16 May 2018
- Co-opted member, Community Development and Justice Standing Committee's Inquiry into the Magistrates Court of Western Australia’s management of matters involving family and domestic violence, from 28 November 2019 to 11 March 2020
- Member, Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 11 March 2020 to 29 January 2021
- Member, Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 12 May 2021 (Chair from 26 May 2021) to 21 February 2023
- Member, Public Accounts Committee from 21 February 2023 (Deputy Chair from 22 February 2023)
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Audit from 21 February 2023 to present
Parliamentary Party Appointments
- Government Whip from 23 September 2016 to 11 March 2017
- Opposition Whip from 25 March 2017 to 27 June 2019
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 24 November 2020 to 13 March 2021
- Deputy Leader of the WA Liberal Party from 23 March 2021 to 30 January 2023
- Leader of the WA Liberal Party from 30 January 2023
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 Mettam, Libby, Inaugural Speech.pdf |
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Personal Information |
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3 May 1977 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Daughter of Peter Hansen-Knarhoi, biochemist (retired) and Jennifer Hansen-Knarhoi, real estate agent (retired) |
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Married 26 August 2000 to Jonathan Charles Mettam, winemaker, son of Terence Mettam and Elaine Thomas
Children: two daughters
Brother: Jonny
Mettam's grandmother, Rebecca Hansen emigrated to Australia from Glasgow aged 19 years. She travelled from London on a steamship to Western Australia, where she met Mettam's grandfather, Harry. They raised six children, including Peter, Mettam's father.
In 1951, Mettam's mother, Jennifer, her siblings and parents, Eileen and Charles arrived in Fremantle from England.
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Bluff Point Primary School, 1982-1989
Geraldton Senior High School, 1990-1994
WA Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Bachelor of Arts (BA) (broadcasting)
Curtin Business School, Curtin University, Masters in Public Administration (MPA)
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Electorate officer and journalist |
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Researcher, Today Tonight, Channel 7 Perth, 1999-2001
Bureau producer, A Current Affair, 2001-2002
Producer, ABC South West, 2003-2005
Electorate officer, Hon Barry House, 2005-2014
Freelance journalist, Instyle Publishing, 2007-2010
Publicist, CinefestOZ, seasonal (post 2008) |
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Grew up in regional Western Australia, Kalgoorlie then Geraldton
Left regional WA to seek further education, 1994
Member and vice president, Dunsborough Yallingup Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Member, Busselton Chamber of Commerce
Board member, Our Lady of the Cape Primary School
Board member, MacKillop Catholic College Interim School Board
Awarded Best student in Public Administration, Institute of Public Administration WA Division, 2007 |
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Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 28 May 2015, 10 March 2020
Parliament of Western Australia Hansard, Inaugural speech, Tuesday, 11 November 2014, p. 7968a-7970a. |
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