Bruce Fredrick Billson is an Australian former politician. A member of the Liberal Party,he was a member of the House of Representatives for Dunkley,a Melbourne seat,from 1996 to 2016 and held ministerial office in the Howard,Abbott and Turnbull governments as Minister for Veterans' Affairs (2007) and Minister for Small Business (2013–2015).
Albert John Schultz was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to August 2013,representing the Division of Hume in New South Wales.
The Liberal Party was a parliamentary party in Australian federal politics between 1909 and 1917. The party was founded under Alfred Deakin's leadership as a merger of the Protectionist Party and Anti-Socialist Party,an event known as the Fusion.
Zygmunt Edward "Ziggy" Switkowski is a Polish Australian business executive and nuclear physicist. His most public role was as the chief executive officer of Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra from 1999 to 2004. During his tenure,he oversaw the privatisation of the then government-owned corporation through a series of public tranche sales. Later positions were chairman of both NBN Co and Suncorp,a director of Healthscope,Oil Search and Tabcorp and the Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
The New South Wales Liberal Party,officially called The Liberal Party of Australia,New South Wales Division,and colloquially known as the NSW Liberals,is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales. The party is currently in Opposition in New South Wales in a coalition with the National Party. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party.
Melbourne Business School (MBS) is the graduate business school of the University of Melbourne,Victoria,Australia. The School offers an MBA program,specialist Masters programs,a doctoral program,and executive education programs. The MBS Head Office and main campus are in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton,walking distance from Melbourne's Central Business District,in a complex designed by Daryl Jackson.
Simon John Birmingham is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 2007. A member of the Liberal Party,he served in the Morrison government as Minister for Finance from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister for Trade,Tourism and Investment from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as Minister for Education and Training in the Turnbull government from 2015 to 2018,and as a parliamentary secretary and assistant minister in the Abbott government.
The 2001 Aston by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Aston in Victoria on 14 July 2001. The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting member,the Liberal Party of Australia's Peter Nugent,on 24 April 2001. The writ for the by-election was issued on 1 June 2001.
Kenneth James Aldred was an Australian politician who represented the Liberal Party in the Australian House of Representatives between 1975 and 1980 and again from 1983 to 1996.
David Ingle Thodey is an Australian businessman who is a former chief executive officer of Telstra and current chairman of accounting software company Xero. He became chancellor of the University of Sydney in July 2024.
Paul William Fletcher is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2009,representing the New South Wales division of Bradfield. He held ministerial office in the Turnbull and Morrison governments from 2015 to 2022.
Alan Tudge is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives between 2010 and 2023. He was a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022.
Jane Prentice is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2019,representing the Division of Ryan in Queensland. She previously served on the Brisbane City Council from 2000 to 2010. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.
David Andrew Newington Epstein is Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of Australia. He is a public affairs specialist,and was previously a company director,corporate adviser and Chair of Communications Compliance Limited,an independent consumer compliance monitoring body for the telecommunications industry.
Michael Sven Sukkar is an Australian politician has served as the Shadow Minister for Housing,NDIS,and Social Services since 2022. Previously he had served as Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing and as the Minister for Homelessness,Social and Community Housing. Sukkar has been a member of the House of Representatives since September 2013,representing the Division of Deakin in Victoria for the Liberal Party.
The Victorian Liberal Party,officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) and branded as Liberal Victoria,is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria. It was formed in 1949 as the Liberal and Country Party (LCP) and simplified its name to the Liberal Party in 1965. The party sits on the centre-right to right-wing of the Australian political spectrum,and is currently led by Brad Battin.
Raffaele "Raff" Ciccone is an Australian politician who is a Senator for Victoria,representing the Australian Labor Party. He was appointed to the Senate on 6 March 2019 following the resignation of Jacinta Collins,becoming the 100th Senator to represent the state of Victoria.
Katherine Ella Chaney is an Australian independent politician,who was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 2022 Australian federal election,succeeding Liberal Party MP Celia Hammond in the division of Curtin.
Aaron Violi is an Australian politician who was elected as the Liberal Party member for the Division of Casey in Victoria in May 2022,succeeding Tony Smith.
The 2023 Aston by-election was held on 1 April 2023 to elect the next member of the Australian House of Representatives in the electorate of Aston in Victoria. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP Alan Tudge on 17 February 2023.
