Arts Centre Melbourne,originally known as the Victorian Arts Centre and briefly called the Arts Centre,is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Melbourne Arts Precinct,located in the central Melbourne suburb of Southbank in 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.
The Libertarian Party,formerly known as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),is an Australian political party founded in Canberra in 2001. The party espouses smaller government and supports policies that are based on classical liberal,libertarian principles,such as lower taxes,opposing restrictions on civil liberties,decentralisation,utilising nuclear energy,and the relaxation of smoking laws.
Sarah Moya Henderson is an Australian politician,lawyer and former journalist. She has been a Senator for Victoria since September 2019,representing the Liberal Party. She previously held the Division of Corangamite in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
Janice Maree Edwards is an Australian politician. She has been the member for Bendigo West in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010.
The Victorian Honour Roll of Women was established in 2001 to recognise the achievements of women from the Australian state of Victoria. The Honour Roll was established as part of the celebrations of Victoria's Centenary of Federation.
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.
Mary-Anne Thomas is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014,representing the electorate of Macedon. She has served as Victoria's Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services since June 2022. She was previously the Agriculture and Minister for Regional Development from December 2020.
Rosalind Louise Spence is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014,representing Yuroke from 2014 to 2022,then Kalkallo from 2022 onwards.
Sonya Kilkenny is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014,representing the Electoral district of Carrum.
Stephanie Maureen Ryan is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2022,representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Euroa. Ryan retired from politics at the 2022 Victorian state election,citing family reasons. Making the announcement while pregnant with her second child,Ryan expressed a desire to seek more flexible employment.
Lidia Alma Thorpe is an 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. She had also served as the Greens' deputy leader in the Senate from June to October 2022.
Juliana Marie Addison is an Australian politician serving as the elected member for the Electoral district of Wendouree in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Catherine Rebecca Cumming is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 2018 to November 2022,representing the Western Metropolitan Region. She stood at the 2018 Victorian state election as a candidate for Derryn Hinch's Justice Party,but broke with the party just weeks after being elected,and was sworn in as an independent. A frequent speaker at anti-COVID vaccine rallies,Cumming joined the Angry Victorians Party in 2022 but was unsuccessful in her re-election attempt,gaining just 0.57% of the vote.
The 2022 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election at the time the writs were issued,however the election in the district of Narracan was deferred due to the death of a candidate.
Sue Copsey is a freelance writer and editor. Several of her books have been shortlisted for or won awards,including the Times Educational Supplement Best Children’s Non-fiction Book 1995. She lives in Auckland,New Zealand.
Luba Norma Grigorovitch is an Australian politician. She represents the Labor Party and is a former trade union official.
Katherine Deves is an Australian lawyer who ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2022 Australian federal election.
Gabrielle de Vietri is a member of the Victorian Greens elected in the 2022 Victorian state election for the electoral district of Richmond.
Renee Heath is an Australian politician who is a current member for Eastern Victoria Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. She is a member of the Liberal Party and was preselected for the 2022 state election,defeating Cathrine Burnett-Wake as the first person on the Liberal Party's group voting ticket for the Eastern Victoria Region.
