The City of Brimbank is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne,Victoria,Australia. It comprises the western suburbs between 10 and 20 km west and northwest from the Melbourne city centre.
Maribyrnong is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,8 km (5.0 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District,located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Maribyrnong recorded a population of 12,573 at the 2021 census.
Footscray is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,5 km (3.1 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District,located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area and its council seat. Footscray recorded a population of 17,131 at the 2021 census.
Brimbank Park is a metropolitan regional park managed by Parks Victoria situated in the north-western Melbourne suburb of Keilor East,Victoria,Australia.
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.
This article provides details on candidates who stood at the 2007 Australian federal 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.
Gregory John Barber is a former Australian politician,who was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2006 and 2017.
Sunshine North is a suburb in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,13 km (8.1 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District,located within the City of Brimbank local government area. Sunshine North recorded a population of 12,047 at the 2021 census.
Colleen Mildred Hartland is a former Australian politician,and a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2018.
Wade Mathew Noonan is an Australian former politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2018,representing the electorate of Williamstown. He was a minister in the Andrews Ministry from December 2014;initially as Minister for Police and Minister for Corrections (2014–2016),and from May 2016 as Minister for Industry and Employment and Minister for Resources.
Natalie Suleyman is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party,and is an elected member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Janet Elizabeth Rice is an Australian former politician. She served as a senator for Victoria from 2014 until 2024. She was a co-founder of the Victorian Greens and also served on the Maribyrnong City Council from 2003 to 2008,including a term as mayor.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council,as elected at the 2014 state election.
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 British-Australian social worker and politician. She was the leader of the Victorian Greens between 2017 and 2024,serving as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council in the Northern Metropolitan Region. Prior to this she was a councillor and mayor for the City of Moreland.
Alma Beryl Thorpe,also known as Aunty Alma Thorpe,is an Australian Aboriginal elder and activist. In 1973 she co-founded the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS),together with her mother,Edna Brown,and Bruce McGuinness.
The Division of Fraser is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria,which was contested for the first time at the 2019 federal election.
Luba Norma Grigorovitch is an Australian politician. She represents the Labor Party and is a former trade union official.
Trung Luu is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Victorian Liberal Party and is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council,representing the Western Metropolitan Region since November 2022. He was previously a councillor for the Brimbank City Council.
