--- title: "Basil Zempilas: political ads and spending | Politics Computer" description: "What Basil Zempilas has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://politics.computer/mp/basil-zempilas" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Churchlands](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/churchlands) ![Basil Zempilas](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil_Zempilas.jpg?width=320) Liberal WA Legislative Assembly # Basil Zempilas Member for [Churchlands](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/churchlands), [Liberal](https://politics.computer/party/liberal) About ## About Basil Zempilas Basil Zempilas is the Liberal Party leader in Western Australia and the member for Churchlands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, serving in both roles since March 2025\. He previously served as Lord Mayor of Perth from 2020 to 2025 and is a former sports presenter and broadcaster. His Facebook and Instagram ads focus on indigenous affairs, leader character, housing, health, economy and tax, and cost of living. Born 30 July 1971 Education Murdoch University, degree in Media Studies and Mass Communications, 1992 Previous role Lord Mayor of Perth, 2020 to 2025 Before parliament Sports presenter and radio host with Seven Network and Perth radio stations Seat Churchlands, won from Labor MP Christine Tonkin at the 2025 state election Party leadership Elected unopposed as Liberal leader and Opposition Leader, two weeks after the 2025 election Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil%5FZempilas), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. Ads ## What Basil Zempilas spends on ads Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library. Spent on ads under $2.1K Ads seen 21 Running now 21 [See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=110341714081884) ## Biggest ads Ranked by what Meta says was spent on each design, across every copy of it. - [![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 so](https://politics.computer/media/00c54d955e08d0636b012c3ee6057c5f852166b6129efd79f8fbb275187ff695?w=480) Under $700 spent Running since 10 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/00c54d955e08d0636b012c3ee6057c5f852166b6129efd79f8fbb275187ff695) - [![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://politics.computer/media/b5c557fc7951507945588b3764cebb92bb477fc3287001cc31d9fca33ca25435?w=480) Under $700 spent Running since 10 Nov](https://politics.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://politics.computer/media/990828f80a3f227f19aeaf29125a2d8e73cc15eed064093cd5d2474310b97d3f?w=480) Under $600 spent Running since 10 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/990828f80a3f227f19aeaf29125a2d8e73cc15eed064093cd5d2474310b97d3f) - [![Under Labor, you'll always pay more.](https://politics.computer/media/735ac7ffe41ebbeac0fa255fcaaba696cf021be97d215253c7090d833ab0720a?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 6 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/735ac7ffe41ebbeac0fa255fcaaba696cf021be97d215253c7090d833ab0720a) ## What the ads are about Topics read from the ads we've analysed so far, by number of ads. - Indigenous 3 ads - Leader character 2 ads - Housing 1 ad - Health 1 ad - Economy tax 1 ad - Cost of living 1 ad ## Other Liberal members of the WA Legislative Assembly [Liberal spending](https://politics.computer/party/liberal) - [ **Adam Hort** Liberal, Kalamunda ](https://politics.computer/mp/adam-hort) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Bolt.png?width=96)**David Bolt** Liberal, Murray-Wellington ](https://politics.computer/mp/david-bolt) - [ **Jonathan Huston** Liberal, Nedlands ](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathan-huston) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liam_Staltari_at_Parliament_House.jpg?width=96)**Liam Staltari** Liberal, Carine ](https://politics.computer/mp/liam-staltari) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Libby_Mettam_2021.jpg?width=96)**Libby Mettam** Liberal, Vasse ](https://politics.computer/mp/libby-mettam) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sandra_Brewer.png?width=96)**Sandra Brewer** Liberal, Cottesloe ](https://politics.computer/mp/sandra-brewer) Photo: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basil%5FZempilas.jpg). Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the WA Legislative Assembly on 11 November 2026\. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, 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. 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