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Roger Cook was born and raised in Western Australia. He lives with his wife Carly and his two teenage children Toby and Isabelle in Wellard.
Roger completed a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration at Murdoch University. Whilst at university he was active in campus politics and established the National Union of Students as its first National President.
He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Business (Public Relations) and an MBA from Curtin University.
Roger has worked for a range of Federal and State Members of Parliament, serving with the offices of Jim McGinty, Stephen Smith, and Senator Chris Evans in policy and electorate officer roles. Following these roles he was employed at a number of Aboriginal Land Councils as CEO and in a communications role assisting industry and government to reach agreement with Aboriginal Native Title groups.
For the last three years he has worked at CPR Communications and Public Relations as General Manager, WA. CPR is a public relations company specialising in government and media relations.
Roger has served on a range of local community and school organisations. He was previously the National President of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, Australia’s biggest Indigenous rights organisation.
Roger also served as State President of the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia from 1999-2000.
Roger is an avid supporter of the Western Force and Fremantle Dockers. He is an emerging triathlete and has already completed several triathlons.
For more information on Roger Cook and the WA State Parliament please visit the website at: http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au or on wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Cook_(politician)
