Louise Pratt, a former Western Australia Legislative Council member, will take up her Senate seat in July this year. She had notably become the youngest woman ever elected to the Western Australia Legislative Council at the time of her election in 2001.
Louise Pratt, a former Western Australia Legislative Council member, will be sworn-in in July this year.
Pratt was quoted as saying in the gay Sydney Star Observer that law reform for same-sex couples and GLBT individuals would be high on her agenda and has vowed to ensure that her party makes good on its promise to implement all 58 federal laws which discriminate against gays and lesbians.
"It is very exciting to be coming in with the change in government," Pratt said.
"I think we can already begin to see how different the political landscape is going to be. With (former PM) John Howard gone, we have a much less conservative Opposition leader as well as a Labor government."
Defending her party's resolve to reform gay and lesbian laws nationally, she said, "I can only go from my experience. At a State level, we promised we would reform the law and we did."
"We have committed to changing the laws at a national level, and Kevin Rudd is already asking his Cabinet colleagues to pursue election promises.
"The proof will be in the pudding, and I look forward to having that dialogue with the lesbian and gay community as we undertake the reform agenda."
Her other key policy interests as stated on her web site include environmental issues; refugees, minority and gender equity issues; social, economic and environmental sustainability; and family policy, including child welfare, adoption, childcare and life work family balance.
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God bless you and keep you Louise. Take courage and be confident!
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