The City of Yarra is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria,Australia in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It is the second smallest LGA in the state with an area of 19.5 square kilometres (7.5 sq mi),and in June 2021 it had a population of 91,543,making it the second most densely populated LGA,with around 4,695 people per square kilometre. The City of Yarra was formed in 1994 as a result of the amalgamation of the former Cities of Richmond,Collingwood,Fitzroy,and parts of Carlton North and parts of Alphington and Fairfield.
Socialist Action,known until October 2019 as the Socialist Party,was a Trotskyist political party in Australia. It published a monthly magazine called The Socialist which contained a socialist perspective on news and current issues.
The Victorian Greens,officially known as the Australian Greens Victoria,is the Victorian state member party of the Australian Greens,a green political party in Australia.
Inga Peulich is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2018 and before that the Member for Bentleigh from 1992 to 2002. From 2014 to 2018,Peulich served as the Victorian Liberal Party's Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Shadow Minister for Scrutiny of Government.
Richmond is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is currently a 13 km2 electorate in the inner east of Melbourne,encompassing the suburbs of Richmond,Cremorne,Burnley,Abbotsford,Collingwood,Clifton Hill,North Fitzroy and Fitzroy. Historically a very safe seat for the Labor Party,Richmond has in recent elections become increasingly marginal against the Greens,who eventually won the seat at the 2022 Victorian state election.
The 2006 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,25 November 2006,was for the 56th Parliament of Victoria. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and,for the first time,40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system. The election was conducted by the independent Victorian Electoral Commission.
The electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently includes the localities of Docklands,Carlton,Melbourne,East Melbourne,West Melbourne,North Melbourne,Parkville,Newmarket,Kensington and Flemington,and includes Melbourne University. The district has been in existence since 1856.
Susan Margaret Pennicuik is an Australian politician who served as a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2018. Since April 2022,Pennicuik has served as a councillor on the City of Glen Eira.
Fiona Heather Patten is an Australian politician. She is the leader of Reason Australia and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2014 and 2022,representing the Northern Metropolitan Region until she lost her seat at the 2022 state election.
Kathleen Maltzahn is an Australian author,academic and anti-sex work activist. She is a former councillor for the City of Yarra and was the Australian Greens Victoria candidate for the state seat of Richmond in the 2010,2014 and 2018 Victorian elections.
Ellen Sandell is an Australian politician and environmentalist. She has represented the electorate of Melbourne in the Parliament of Victoria since 2014 as a member of the Australian Greens. She is currently the Deputy Leader of the Victorian Greens.
Samuel Peter Hibbins is an Australian politician. He has been a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014,representing the electoral district of Prahran. Along with Ellen Sandell who won Melbourne at the same election,Hibbins was one of the first two Greens politicians elected to the Victorian lower house. Hibbins is also the first Greens candidate to gain a seat from a sitting Liberal MP.
Samantha Dunn is a former Australian politician. She was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council,representing Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2014 to 2018. She lost her seat in the 2018 state election,and subsequently resigned from the party.
The 2018 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,24 November 2018 to elect the 59th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The first-term incumbent Labor government,led by Premier Daniel Andrews,won a second four-year term,defeating the Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy in a landslide victory. Minor party the Greens led by Samantha Ratnam also contested the election.
Samantha Shantini Ratnam is a Sri Lankan Australian social worker,politician and the current leader of the Victorian Greens. Since October 2017 Ratnam has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council,representing the Northern Metropolitan Region. Prior to this she was a councillor and mayor for the City of Moreland.
Stephen Jolly is an Australian politician,socialist activist,author and construction worker. He is a councillor in the City of Yarra and previously was the President and lead candidate for the Victorian Socialists during the 2018 state election.
Luba Norma Grigorovitch is an Australian politician. She represents the Labor Party and is a former trade union official.
The 2020 Victorian local elections were held on 24 October 2020 to elect the councils of 76 of the 79 local government areas in Victoria,Australia.
The 2024 Victorian local elections will be held in October 2024 to elect the councils of the 79 local government areas in Victoria.
The 2002 Victorian local elections were held on 16 March 2002 to elect the councils of 17 of the 78 local government areas in Victoria,Australia.
