Stephen Phillip Bracks is a former Australian politician and was the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party and was party leader and premier from 1999 to 2007.
The Division of Bendigo is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900,and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It is named for the city of Bendigo.
Richard Alex Gordon Dalla-Riva is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2018,representing East Yarra Province (2002–2006) and Eastern Metropolitan Region (2006–2018). He served as Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations and Minister for Manufacturing in the Baillieu Ministry from 2010 to 2013,but was dropped in a reshuffle when Denis Napthine replaced Baillieu as Premier.
Candy Celeste Broad is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from September 1999 to May 2014,first representing the electorate of Melbourne North Province until 2006,and then as a Member for the Northern Victoria region.
Johnstone William "John" Thwaites is an Australian former politician,and served as Deputy Premier of the state of Victoria from 1999 to 2007.
Sir James Augustine Gobbo,was an Australian jurist who served as the 25th Governor of Victoria,from 1997 to 2000.
John Mansfield Brumby is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader of the Victorian Labor Party and premier after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He contested his first election as premier at the November 2010 Victorian state election. His government was defeated by the Liberal/National Coalition led by Ted Baillieu. Brumby resigned as Labor leader after the election,on 30 November,to be replaced by Daniel Andrews. Within weeks of this leadership change,Brumby left parliament,with a Broadmeadows by-election taking place on 19 February 2011.
Timothy James Holding is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2013. He served as minister for water;minister for finance,WorkCover and the Transport Accident Commission;and minister for tourism and major events in the Brumby Ministry.
The 1999 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,18 September 1999,was for the 54th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect the 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. The Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara,which had held majority government since the 1996 election,lost 15 seats and its majority due mainly to a swing against it in rural and regional Victoria.
Richard William Wynne is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2022,representing the electorate of Richmond. He served as the Minister for Planning between December 2014 and June 2022 and the Minister for Housing between November 2018 and June 2022. He also served as Minister for Multicultural Affairs between November 2018 and March 2020.
Jacinta Marie Allan is an Australian politician serving as the 49th and current premier of Victoria since 2023. She has been the leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Bendigo East since 1999. She previously served as the 29th deputy premier of Victoria from 2022 to 2023. Allan is the longest-serving female minister in Victorian state history and currently the most senior sitting member of the Assembly.
Timothy Hugh Pallas is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2006,representing the electorate of Tarneit until 2014 and Werribee thereafter. He has served as Treasurer of Victoria in the all three of the Andrew Ministries since December 2014. and is currently still serving as treasurer in the Allan Ministry in 2023. Pallas previously served as Minister for Roads and Ports and Minister for Major Projects in the Brumby Ministry until 2010.
The 2010 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,27 November 2010,was for the 57th Parliament of Victoria. The election was to elect all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and all 40 members of the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government,led by John Brumby,was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Ted Baillieu. The election gave the Coalition a one-seat majority in both houses of parliament.
Steven Ralph Herbert is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2002 to 2017:in the Victorian Legislative Assembly as member for Eltham from 2002 to 2014,and in the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Victoria Region from 2014 to 2017.
Andrew John McIntosh is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014,representing the seat of Kew.
Sherryl Maree Garbutt is a former Australian politician.
Jill Hennessy is a former Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly between February 2010 and November 2022,representing the seat of Altona. She was Minister for Health in the Andrews Ministry from December 2014 to November 2018,and was Attorney-General from November 2018 to December 2020,the second female Attorney-General in Victoria's history.
Natalie Maree Hutchins,also known as Natalie Sykes-Hutchins,is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010,representing the electorates of Keilor (2010–2014) and Sydenham (2014–present).
Benjamin Alan Carroll is an Australian politician and lawyer and has been the current deputy premier of Victoria since October 2023. He has been the deputy leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Niddrie since 2012.
The Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants - An inquiry into Victoria Police’s use of Nicola Gobbo as a human source,referred to in the press as Lawyer X Royal Commission,was a royal commission in Victoria,Australia set up to examine the actions of Nicola Gobbo and Victoria Police whilst Gobbo,also referred to as Informer 3838,Lawyer X (media),and EF (litigation),was working as a lawyer and acting as a registered informer. It was announced on 3 December 2018,in response to the High Court AB v CD;EF v CD judgement,and was established on 13 December 2018 under Hon Margaret McMurdo to examine the adequacy and effectiveness of the processes of Victoria Police for the recruitment,handling and management of human sources who are subject to legal obligations of confidentiality or privilege and the effect of using such sources on past cases.
