The Australian Greens (AG),commonly referred to simply as the Greens,are a confederation of green state and territory political parties in Australia. As of the 2022 federal election,the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and the fourth-largest by elected representation. The leader of the party is Adam Bandt,with Mehreen Faruqi serving as deputy leader. Larissa Waters currently holds the role of Senate leader.
The City of Darebin is a local government area in Victoria,Australia,in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 54 square kilometres (20.8 sq mi) and in June 2018 Darebin had a population of 161,609. Municipal offices are located at 350 High Street,Preston.
Northcote is an inner suburb in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,6 km (3.7 mi) north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District,located within the City of Darebin local government area. Northcote recorded a population of 25,276 at the 2021 census.
Maria Vamvakinou is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2001 federal election,representing the Division of Calwell in Victoria.
The Division of Calwell is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.
Andrew Charles Theophanous is a Cypriot-born Australian former politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 2000,and an independent member from 2000 to 2001. He is the author of three books and numerous articles on political theory and philosophy,especially in the areas of multiculturalism and social justice.
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.
Jenny Mikakos is a former Australian politician for the Labor Party who was a Member of the Legislative Council of Victoria from 1999 to 2020. She served as the Minister for Health,Minister for Ambulance Services and Minister for the Coordination of Health and Human Services COVID-19 as well as Deputy Leader of the Government,but resigned these positions and from parliament on 26 September 2020 in the wake of criticism of her role in hotel quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chandler Highway is a short road in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne,connecting Alphington over the Yarra River and Eastern Freeway to Kew. Its total length is less than 2 kilometres,leading to the claim that it is "the shortest highway in the world". It was named after a prominent local businessman and politician A. E. Chandler,who was instrumental in pushing through the development of the Outer Circle railway.
Theo Charles Theophanous is a former Australian politician. He entered politics in 1988 as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Theophanous served from 1988 to 2006 as one of the two members for Jika Jika Province,before the reforms to the Victorian Legislative Council that introduced proportional representation. He served as a Minister in the Kirner Government and as the leader of the opposition in the Legislative Council from 1993 until 1999. From 2006 until 2010 he represented the Northern Metropolitan Region and served as Minister in the Bracks and Brumby Governments.
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 Victorian Greens and been the party's leader since April 2024.
Greeks of Melbourne compose one of the largest Greek diaspora communities in the world and Melbourne hosts the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Greece and Cyprus. According to the 2016 Australian census,Melbourne has the largest Greek population in Australia with 173,598 Greeks,making up 3.87% of Greater Melbourne's population. In Greek Australians,the Hellenic identity and values are passed down from one generation to the next. As such,88% of Greek Australians speak Greek and 91% are members of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Julian Christopher Hill is an Australian politician who is as of July 2016 serving as an Australian Labor Party (ALP) Member of Parliament for Bruce in the House of Representatives. Hill was previously the fourth Mayor of Port Phillip and was elected to parliament at the 2016 federal election,where he succeeded Alan Griffin. He was appointed Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship following a ministerial reshuffle on July 29,2024.
Lidia Alma Thorpe is an Aboriginal Australian independent politician. She has been a senator for Victoria since 2020 and is the first Aboriginal senator from that state. She was a member of the Australian Greens until February 2023,when she quit the party over disagreements concerning the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament,and became a leading figure in the "progressive No" campaign for the Voice referendum in October 2023. She had also served as the Greens' deputy leader in the Senate from June to October 2022.
Bridget Vallence is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Victorian Parliament in November 2018 to represent the Evelyn District and is the Shadow Minister for Industry,Manufacturing,Innovation,Medical Research,and the Digital Economy since September 2021.
Kathryn Ann Hall is an Australian politician serving as the elected member for the Electoral district of Footscray in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party
Mark Gary Maas is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,where he represents the seat of Narre Warren South. He has been a member of the party since 1998.
Jackson George Taylor is an Australian politician and former local government councillor. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,representing the electorate of Bayswater.
Clifford Hayes is a former Australian politician. He was a Sustainable Australia member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022,representing Southern Metropolitan Region. He was not re-elected at the 2022 state election.
Kaushaliya Virjibhai Vaghela is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2018 to 2022,representing the Western Metropolitan Region. She is the first Indian-born member of the Victorian Parliament since colonial times,and is a Hindu. Before her preselection in 2018,she briefly worked as a part-time adviser to then-State Minister for Multicultural Affairs,Robin Scott.
