Maryka Groenewald
Maryka Groenewald | |
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| Leader of the Australian Christians | |
| Assumed office 2023 | |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Australian Christians |
Maryka Groenewald is an Australian politician. She is the leader of the Australian Christians party and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council.
Political career
Groenewald was the WA State Director of the Australian Christians Party.[1] She was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 2025 Western Australian state election.[2] She is the first member of her party elected to a state parliament.[3]
She was previously a candidate in the 2017 Western Australian state election and the 2021 Western Australian state election. Federally she was a candidate in the 2016 Australian federal election and the 2022 Australian federal election.
Political opinions
Groenewald opposes gender-affirming care for minors.[4]
Groenewald has called net zero "bad economics", "a direct threat to our national security" and "nonsensical".[5]
Groenewald defends retaining the Lord’s Prayer being read at the opening of Western Australia's parliament and has called the push for it to be scrapped as "troubling".[6][7]
Groenewald delivered a Member's Statement in the Legislative Council "in loving memory of Charlie Kirk".[8] Groenewald honoured Kirk, saying he "lived for faith, family, life and liberty" and that "we vale him with gratitude, sorrow, and unwavering respect".[8]
References
- ↑ "Maryka Groenewald: Leading with Faith & Integrity |". 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ↑ "One Nation wins two upper house seats in WA as final make-up revealed". ABC News. 2025-04-16. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ↑ "Australian Christians Party wins its first seat in WA". The Spectator Australia. 2025-04-02. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ↑ "Australia fails to protect children from gender experiments". The Spectator Australia. 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ↑ Groenewald, Maryka (8 June 2026). "Net Zero is no Silver Bullet". marykagroenewald.com. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ Groenewald, Maryka (29 June 2026). "eNews: Three Big Weeks". marykagroenewald.com. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ Bourke, Keane; Mitsopoulos, Nadia (22 June 2026). "Labor MP calls for Lord's Prayer to be scrapped in WA parliament". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- 1 2 Groenewald, Maryka (15 November 2025). "RELEASE: Groenewald Honours Charlie Kirk, Condemns Political Violence". marykagroenewald.com. Retrieved 22 August 2026.