![]() "There's a lot of potential leaders in there so I'm pretty confident what will come out at the other end of the process will good government continuing for WA," he said. Their decision has split the left faction of the party, after the United Workers Union, which is also on the left, backed Ms Sanderson at a meeting this morning.Įmergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson, flanked by Arts Minister David Templeman, said the AMWU would support Mr Cook as premier. ![]() The left-aligned Australian Manufacturing Workers Union earlier said it would back Mr Cook as the party's new leader, with 17 WA MPs emerging from a special union meeting this afternoon to express their support for the deputy premier. "The deputy premier and I will continue to engage with our parliamentary colleagues as we seek to deliver unified and stable leadership for the state, and a consensus ticket for the party." AMWU backs Cook "The deputy premier and I have been parliamentary colleagues for 15 years, and cabinet colleagues for six years, and what we offer above all else is stable leadership – which is what our state needs right now. ![]() Rita Saffioti is uniting with Roger Cook in a bid to lead the WA Labor party.
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