Stephen Phillip Bracks is a former Australian politician and was the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party and was party leader and premier from 1999 to 2007.
The Australian,with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian,is a daily newspaper in broadsheet format published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally,its readership as of September 2019 of both print and online editions was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right.
Julia Eileen Gillard is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia and the leader of the Labor Party (ALP) from 2010 to 2013. Born in Barry,Wales and raised in Adelaide,she served as the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Lalor from 1998 to 2013. She previously served as the 13th deputy prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010,under Kevin Rudd. She is the first and only woman to hold either office in Australian history.
Jennifer Louise Macklin is an Australian former politician. She was elected to federal parliament at the 1996 federal election and served as the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2001 to 2006,under opposition leaders Simon Crean,Mark Latham and Kim Beazley. After the ALP won government at the 2007 election,she held ministerial office under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard,serving as Minister for Families,Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2007–2013) and Minister for Disability Reform (2011–2013). She retired from parliament at the 2019 election.
Brendan Patrick O'Connor is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Skills and Training from 2022 to 2024 in the Albanese ministry after having served in the same portfolio in 2013 in the Second Rudd ministry. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since 2001. He held ministerial office in the governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 to 2013,including as a member of cabinet from 2012 to 2013. He was a member of the shadow cabinet from 2013 to 2022.
Johnstone William "John" Thwaites is an Australian former politician,and served as Deputy Premier of the state of Victoria from 1999 to 2007.
John Mansfield Brumby is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader of the Victorian Labor Party and premier after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He contested his first election as premier at the November 2010 Victorian state election. His government was defeated by the Liberal/National Coalition led by Ted Baillieu. Brumby resigned as Labor leader after the election,on 30 November,to be replaced by Daniel Andrews. Within weeks of this leadership change,Brumby left parliament,with a Broadmeadows by-election taking place on 19 February 2011.
William Richard Shorten is an Australian politician and former trade unionist serving as the current Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme since 2022. Previously,Shorten was leader of the opposition and leader of the Labor Party (ALP) from 2013 to 2019. A member of parliament (MP) for the division of Maribyrnong since 2007,Shorten also held several ministerial portfolios in the Gillard and Rudd governments from 2010 to 2013.
Whitefriars College is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in the Melbourne suburb of Donvale,Australia. Established in 1961,the college reflects the tradition of the Carmelites,and is recognised for its uniform's brown blazer with the college crest appearing on the breast pocket. The college has been a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges since 1999. The college was one of the first schools in Victoria to implement a notebook-computer program,which has now transitioned to a notebook-tablet program,in which every student is provided with a notebook-tablet.
Timothy James Holding is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2013. He served as minister for water;minister for finance,WorkCover and the Transport Accident Commission;and minister for tourism and major events in the Brumby Ministry.
David Ian Feeney is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for the division of Batman in the House of Representatives from 7 September 2013 to 1 February 2018. Before that,he was a member of the Australian Senate for Victoria from 2008 until his resignation to contest Batman. Feeney resigned as a member of Parliament on 1 February 2018 as he was unable to produce any documentary evidence disproving he was a dual citizen,which is a breach of section 44 of the Constitution of Australia.
Richard William Wynne is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2022,representing the electorate of Richmond. He served as the Minister for Planning between December 2014 and June 2022 and the Minister for Housing between November 2018 and June 2022. He also served as Minister for Multicultural Affairs between November 2018 and March 2020.
Jason Dean Clare is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Education since 1 June 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007.
Sally Anne Capp is a former Australian politician who was the 104th lord mayor of Melbourne,elected on 18 May 2018 and sworn in on 26 May 2018 with her term ending on 30 June 2024. She is also the former executive director of the development lobbying group the Property Council of Victoria.
The Gillard government was the Government of Australia led by the 27th prime minister of Australia,Julia Gillard,of the Australian Labor Party. The Gillard government succeeded the first Rudd government by way of the Labor Party leadership spill,and began on 24 June 2010,with Gillard sworn in as prime minister by the governor-general of Australia,Quentin Bryce. The Gillard government ended when Kevin Rudd won back the leadership of the Australian Labor Party on 26 June 2013 and commenced the second Rudd government.
Andrew James Giles is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since September 2013,representing the Division of Scullin,Victoria. He is currently the Minister for Skills and Training in the Albanese ministry. Giles joined the ALP when he was eighteen,and –prior to his election to Parliament –worked as a principal lawyer at Slater and Gordon in Melbourne,practising in employment law. Giles previously served as Shadow Assistant Minister for Schools between 2016 and 2019,and Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure from 2019 to 2022. Giles also previously served as one of the two federal parliamentary convenors of the Labor Left faction,along with Pat Conroy.
Daniel Mulino is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council,representing the Eastern Victoria Region from 2014 to 2018. In the 2019 federal election he was elected as the inaugural Member for the Division of Fraser.
Marielle Catherine Smith,also known as Marielle Feuerherdt Smith,is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a Senator for South Australia since 2019.
Dr Olivia Ball is an Australian human rights advocate and politician. She is serving as a member of the City of Melbourne council in Victoria,Australia.
The 2024 Melbourne City Council election was held on 26 October 2024 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria,Australia.
