Eric Ripper is the Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia, Australia’s biggest state. He’s the member for the local area of Belmont and has served in the WA Parliament for over twenty years.
Mr Ripper entered Cabinet as part of the Labor Government following the 2001 Western Australian election. He became Minister for Energy in 2001. He had previously served as Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Government Enterprises and Minister Assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management in Geoff Gallop’s cabinet. Before the 2008 election, he was the Deputy Premier and Treasurer, in the Carpenter government.
He was my special guest during my Morning Programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM yesterday.
While we’re very used to seeing Eric Ripper in the political spotlight I took the opportunity to find out a bit more about the man behind the politics.
We spoke about his early years growing up in Western Australia, his decision to enter public life and his hopes for Western Australians this Christmas.
You can listen to our conversation by clicking play on the audio player at the bottom of this post.
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