Jodie Hanns

{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1972)}}

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| name = Jodie Hanns

| honorific-suffix = MLA

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| assembly = Western Australian Legislative

| constituency_AM = Collie-Preston

| term_start = 13 March 2021

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| predecessor = Mick Murray

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|4|9}}

| birth_place = Yarloop, Western Australia

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| party = Labor

| website = {{URL|https://www.jodiehanns.com.au/}}

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Jodie Louise Hanns (born 9 April 1972){{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Hanns,+Jodie+Louise?opendocument|title=Ms Jodie Louise Hanns MLA|publisher=Parliament of Western Australia}} is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2021 state election, representing Collie-Preston.{{Cite web|title=Collie-Preston - Western Australia Election 2021 Electorate, Candidates, Results {{!}} WA Votes - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa/2021/guide/coll|access-date=2021-03-13|website=ABC News|language=en-AU}}

Hanns was born in Yarloop and moved to Collie in 2005. She was deputy principal of Collie Senior High School prior to entering politics. She had previously been a Shire of Collie councillor, chief executive officer of the Collie Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and board member of the Coal Miners' Welfare Board of Western Australia, the Collie Early Education Centre and St Brigid's School.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-18|title=WA Labor announces Collie-Preston candidate as Mick Murray retires|url=https://www.colliemail.com.au/story/6636069/wa-labor-announces-collie-preston-candidate-as-mick-murray-retires/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Collie Mail|language=en-AU}}{{cite web | url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/4011776a343f3f7721b1e2bd4825830e0005d9e5/$file/1776.pdf | title=Coal Miners' Welfare Board of Western Australia Annual Report 2018 | publisher=Parliament of Western Australia | accessdate=10 April 2021}}

She was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2021 election, successfully replacing long-time Labor MP Mick Murray in the usually marginal seat. Labor won the election in a landslide statewide, and the local Liberal campaign was hampered by a controversial proposal to close the Collie power station, resulting in Hanns winning with 73.4% of the two-party preferred vote.{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa/2021/guide/coll | title=Collie | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | accessdate=10 April 2021}}{{cite news | url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-election-2021/collie-liberal-candidate-jane-goff-says-kirkups-plan-to-close-coal-power-station-undermined-her-campaign-ng-b881808864z | title=Collie Liberal candidate Jane Goff says Kirkup's plan to close coal power station 'undermined' her campaign | work=The West Australian | date=28 February 2021 | accessdate=10 April 2021}} In her election campaign Hanns received mentoring from Victorian politician, Katie Hall, through EMILY's List Australia.{{Cite web|title=2021 Western Australia Election Candidates|url=https://www.emilyslist.org.au/2021_wa_election_candidates|access-date=2021-03-13|website=EMILY's List Australia|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310045601/https://www.emilyslist.org.au/2021_wa_election_candidates|url-status=dead}}

In December 2022, she became a parliamentary secretary to Mark McGowan, the premier, treasurer, minister for public sector management, and the minister for federal–state relations.{{cite web |title=Premier unveils new team with a focus on renewal and experience |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2022/12/Premier-unveils-new-team-with-a-focus-on-renewal-and-experience.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=14 December 2022 |date=14 December 2022 |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219114522/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2022/12/Premier-unveils-new-team-with-a-focus-on-renewal-and-experience.aspx |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=Hastie |first1=Hamish |title=McGowan reveals portfolio appointments after cabinet reshuffle |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/more-women-take-seat-in-mcgowan-s-cabinet-as-parliamentary-secretary-list-balloons-20221213-p5c60o.html |website=WAtoday |access-date=14 December 2022 |date=14 December 2022}}

In the 2025 Western Australian state election, she was re-elected to a second term.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-10 |title=Collie-Preston - WA Electorate, Candidates, Results |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa/2025/guide/coll |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}