--- title: "Basil Zempilas: \"WA Labor Minister Don Punch has failed to do his job. When c…\" | Election Computer" description: "WA Labor Minister Don Punch has failed to do his job. When children were left unsupervised in South Hedland, in a squalid home with urine soaked floor" url: "https://election.computer/ad/00c54d955e08d0636b012c3ee6057c5f852166b6129efd79f8fbb275187ff695" --- [Home](https://election.computer/) / [Ads](https://election.computer/ads) / [Basil Zempilas](https://election.computer/mp/basil-zempilas) **Basil Zempilas** Sponsored, paid for by Basil Zempilas WA Labor Minister Don Punch has failed to do his job. When children were left unsupervised in South Hedland, in a squalid home with urine soaked floors and a dead dog, he did nothing. Local Indigenous elders have called his excuses for his lack of action "Childish". Roger Cook still reckons he is "doing a great job". Sign our petition telling Cook to sack him. After signing, check your email and click the confirmation link to make sure your signature counts. ![](https://election.computer/media/00c54d955e08d0636b012c3ee6057c5f852166b6129efd79f8fbb275187ff695?w=480) zempilas.com.au **Too weak to sack him** Sign up Party leader, Western Australia # [Basil Zempilas](https://election.computer/mp/basil-zempilas) [Basil Zempilas](https://election.computer/mp/basil-zempilas), member for [Churchlands](https://election.computer/seats/wa/churchlands), [Liberal](https://election.computer/party/liberal) Spent Under $700 Times shown 500–5K Running since 10 Nov 2026 Run as 7 separate ads, 7 still running. Figures add up all of them. ## What the ad says WA Labor Minister Don Punch has failed to do his job. When children were left unsupervised in South Hedland, in a squalid home with urine soaked floors and a dead dog, he did nothing. Local Indigenous elders have called his excuses for his lack of action "Childish". Roger Cook still reckons he is "doing a great job". Sign our petition telling Cook to sack him. After signing, check your email and click the confirmation link to make sure your signature counts. Links to zempilas.com.au About Indigenous, Leader character Goes after Don Punch, Roger Cook, WA Labor All 7 copies in Meta's Ad Library - [Started 10 Nov 2026](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=1554071266479829) under $100, running - [Started 10 Nov 2026](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=1860268718351617) under $100, running - [Started 10 Nov 2026](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=1614196400012121) under $100, running - [Started 10 Nov 2026](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=1672206684565228) under $100, running - [Started 10 Nov 2026](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=1112485961590944) under $100, running - [Started 10 Nov 2026](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=1593609265419216) under $100, running - [Started 10 Nov 2026](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=1653874759735737) under $100, running ## More from Basil Zempilas [All their ads](https://election.computer/mp/basil-zempilas) - [![WA Labor's Aboriginal Affairs Minister Don Punch has failed to do his job, dodging responsibility for the child protection crisis in the Pil](https://election.computer/media/b5c557fc7951507945588b3764cebb92bb477fc3287001cc31d9fca33ca25435?w=480) Under $700 spent Running since 10 Nov](https://election.computer/ad/b5c557fc7951507945588b3764cebb92bb477fc3287001cc31d9fca33ca25435) - [![Don Punch is Labor's Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. He said his portfolio does not have a direct responsibility for the housing, health or](https://election.computer/media/990828f80a3f227f19aeaf29125a2d8e73cc15eed064093cd5d2474310b97d3f?w=480) Under $600 spent Running since 10 Nov](https://election.computer/ad/990828f80a3f227f19aeaf29125a2d8e73cc15eed064093cd5d2474310b97d3f) - [![Under Labor, you'll always pay more.](https://election.computer/media/735ac7ffe41ebbeac0fa255fcaaba696cf021be97d215253c7090d833ab0720a?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 6 Nov](https://election.computer/ad/735ac7ffe41ebbeac0fa255fcaaba696cf021be97d215253c7090d833ab0720a) --- Ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. [Search](https://election.computer/search) [Who's spending](https://election.computer/who) [Federal divisions](https://election.computer/seats/federal) [Senators](https://election.computer/mps/senate) [How this works](https://election.computer/about) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://election.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://election.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://election.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.