Colleen Egan

Colleen Egan is an Australian politician and former journalist. She is member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Thornlie. A member of the Labor Party, she won her seat at the 2025 Western Australian state election. Egan was editor at The West Australian newspaper and notably played a role in obtaining the acquittal of Andrew Mallard, who had been wrongfully convicted of murder, for which she won a Walkley Award in 2006. She also unwittingly contributed to the political downfall of Western Australian Liberal powerbroker Noel Crichton-Browne when he made inappropriate sexual comments to her at a Liberal Party conference.