She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2021 state election, representing Collie-Preston.
She was deputy principal of Collie Senior High School prior to entering politics.
Labor won the election in a landslide statewide, and the local Liberal campaign was hampered by a controversial proposal to close the Collie power station, resulting in Hanns winning with 73.4% of the two-party preferred vote.
[5][6] In her election campaign Hanns received mentoring from Victorian politician, Katie Hall, through EMILY's List Australia.
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