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Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.

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Carmen Lawrence

Australian politician and academic (born 1948)

Carmen Mary Lawrence is an Australian academic and former politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 1990 to 1993, the first woman to become the premier of an Australian state. To date she is the only female premier of Western Australia. A member of the Labor…
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Premier of Western Australia

Head of the executive branch of the state government of Western Australia

The premier of Western Australia is the head of government of the state of Western Australia. The role of premier at a state level is similar to the role of the prime minister of Australia at a federal level. The premier leads the executive branch of the Government of Western…
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