Wangaratta is a city in the northeast of Victoria,Australia,236 km (147 mi) from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had a population of 29,808 per the 2021 Australian Census.
Sophie Mirabella is an Australian lawyer and former politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the Fair Work Commission since 24 May 2021. She was previously a Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013,representing the Division of Indi,Victoria.
The Division of Indi is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division is located in the north-east of the state,adjoining the border with New South Wales. The largest settlements in the division are the regional cities of Wodonga,Wangaratta,and Benalla. Other towns in the electorate include Rutherglen,Mansfield,Beechworth,Myrtleford,Bright,Alexandra,Tallangatta,Corryong and a number of other small villages. While Indi is one of the largest electorates in Victoria,much of it is located within the largely uninhabited Australian Alps. While Wodonga serves as a regional hub for much of the more heavily populated northern part of the electorate,the southern part is closer to Melbourne than Wodonga.
An independent,non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent.
In Australia,how-to-vote cards (HTV) are small leaflets that are handed out by party supporters during elections. Voting in the Australian lower house uses a preferential voting system. Voters must rank every candidate on the ballot in order for their vote to count. There are often numerous candidates on the ballot,some with little public profile,so voters may find it difficult to decide on all of them. Parties produce how-to-vote cards ostensibly to help voters. They contain details about the candidate or party,as well as instruction on how to cast a ranked vote in the order that the party would prefer the voter follow. The flow of preferences can assist the party dispersing the cards directly and indirectly help allied parties.
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Indi in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.
Catherine McGowan AO is a former Australian politician who was the independent MP for the rural Victorian seat of Indi from the 2013 federal election,when she defeated Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella,until her retirement before the 2019 federal election.
The 2019 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 18 May 2019 to elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia. The election had been called following the dissolution of the 45th Parliament as elected at the 2016 double dissolution federal election. All 151 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate were up for election.
This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives of the 45th Parliament of Australia (2016–2019).
The 45th Parliament of Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the Australian federal government,composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. It met in Canberra from 30 August 2016 to 4 April 2019. The 2016 general election held on 2 July gave the Coalition of the Liberal and National Parties control of the House,albeit with a slimmer majority than the 44th Parliament,allowing their leader Malcolm Turnbull to stay in office as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. During the term of the parliament,the government slipped into minority due to defections and by-elections. The leadership of the government also changed during the parliament,when Scott Morrison replaced Turnbull as Liberal Leader and Prime Minister in August 2018. The 45th Parliament was officially prorogued by the Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove at 8:29 a.m. on 11 April 2019,and the House of Representatives dissolved at 8:30 a.m.
The 46th Parliament of Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the Australian federal government,composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The 2019 federal election gave the Coalition of the Liberal and National Parties control of the House,originally with a three-seat majority,allowing their leader Scott Morrison to stay in office as the 30th Prime Minister of Australia. The 46th Parliament was opened in Canberra on 2 July 2019 and was dissolved by the Governor General David Hurley on 11 April 2022.
This is a list of candidates for the 2019 Australian federal election,held on 18 May 2019.
A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wentworth took place on 20 October 2018 after the parliamentary resignation of the former Prime Minister of Australia and incumbent Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull.
The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government,led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison,sought to win a fourth consecutive term in office but was defeated by the opposition Labor Party,led by Anthony Albanese. Up for election were all 151 seats in the lower house,the House of Representatives,as well as 40 of the 76 seats in the upper house,the Senate.
This is a list of electoral division results for the 2019 Australian federal election in the state of Victoria. Victoria bucked the national trend,seeing a swing from the Coalition to Labor,whereas the swing across Australia was from Labor to the Coalition.
The state-by-state results in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2019 federal election were:Coalition 77,Labor 68,Australian Greens 1,Centre Alliance 1,Katter's Australian Party 1,and Independents 3.
This is a list of members of the House of Representatives of the 46th Parliament of Australia (2019–2022).
The Voices for or Voices of groups are a series of loosely related political community engagement groups in Australia. Some of the groups have endorsed candidates to run as candidates in federal elections. The independence of some of the candidates endorsed by some groups has been disputed,with some candidates receiving significant funding from the Climate 200 fund backed by energy investor Simon Holmes àCourt.
Zoe Daniel is an Australian politician and former journalist. She is the independent member of parliament for the Division of Goldstein following the 2022 Australian federal election,having defeated the incumbent Liberal Party member Tim Wilson.
Teal independents,simply known as teals and also called community independents,are a loosely-aligned group of centrist,independent or minor party politicians in Australian politics. They have been characterised as strongly advocating for increased action to mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions along with improved political integrity and accountability. They also generally share socially liberal outlooks,including on issues such as LGBT rights,and have harnessed grassroots campaigning to achieve strong swings towards them.
