Carmen Lawrence

There's a twist, though, and that is by pushing for a royal commission, Bevan's going up against someone he's very close to.

His own sister, Carmen Lawrence, is a minister in the state Labor government.

That'll be a fun chat at Christmas lunch.

She's not at all involved in these shenanigans, but an investigation into WA Inc. risks tearing Labor apart.

The government had really underwritten the whole thing, and it was just a, a total merry-go-round.

And the petrochemical plant, well, it never sees the light of day This deal, it's the final straw.

The political fallout of these deals has seen Bevan's sister, Carmen Lawrence, rise to become the first female premier in Australia.

For nine months she resists calls for a royal commission, but the pressure is so intense she's left with no choice.

But what is missing throughout all of this is a debate.

And I mean, you know, at the moment you'll see there's, you know, Peter Garrett and Carmen Lawrence and, you know, people say a bunch of old lefties, I'd say fair enough.

Of they, some of them that's bit, being a bit ageist, but they are all from the left, and they are f- conducting an inquiry into AUKUS.

Well, you know, and but every ti- every time they have a hearing, uh, Garrett makes a point saying, "This should be done by parliament." And I'm, this is a point I make all the time.

asked about, you know, how did we move politically? Like, how did I move politically from being a Labor voter who thought she would, you know, go into politics for the Labor Party? Well, how did I move? Well, I feel like the Labor Party left me, you know, when I, in the mid-1990s, it was possible to be a Christian, a Catholic in the Labor Party.

But in 1996, Julia Gillard and Carmen Lawrence and Joan Kenner set up Emily's List, which had the sole goal of getting pro-abortion women into the Labor Party.

and pro-abortion women pre-selected for winnable seats.

And that's fundamentally changed the Labor Party.