The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria,Australia,the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street,Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review,in a similar fashion to its federal counterpart,the Australian Senate. Although it is possible for legislation to be first introduced in the Council,most bills receive their first hearing in the Legislative Assembly.
Inga Peulich (;née Došen was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2018 and before that the Member for Bentleigh from 1992 to 2002.
The electoral district of Bentleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 25 square kilometres (9.7 sq mi) in southern Melbourne,including the suburbs of Bentleigh,Hampton East,McKinnon,and Moorabbin,and parts of Cheltenham,Bentleigh East,Brighton East and Ormond. It also includes the Moorabbin campus of the Monash Medical Centre. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house,the Legislative Council.
Martin Philip Pakula is an Australian former politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2006 to 2022:in the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2013,and then in the Legislative Assembly for Lyndhurst (2013–2014) and Keysborough (2014–2022).
Robert John "Rob" Hudson is a former Australian politician. He holds honours degrees in social work and law,and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party. He was elected to the Bentleigh electorate in the 2002 state election defeating incumbent Inga Peulich,and was re-elected in 2006. Hudson is a supporter of the Hawthorn Football Club.
Ann Patricia Barker is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014,representing the electorate of Oakleigh. She previously represented the electorate of Bentleigh from 1988 to 1992.
Colin William Brooks is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2006,representing the electorate of Bundoora. He is currently the Minister for Housing and Minister for Multicultural Affairs since December 2022,having previously served as the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from March 2017 until his ministerial appointment.
Jaala Pulford is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2006 and 2022,representing the Western Victoria Region.
Steven Ralph Herbert is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2002 to 2017:in the Victorian Legislative Assembly as member for Eltham from 2002 to 2014,and in the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Victoria Region from 2014 to 2017.
Natalie Maree Hutchins,also known as Natalie Sykes-Hutchins,is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010,representing the electorates of Keilor (2010–2014) and Sydenham (2014–present).
Elizabeth Miller is a former Australian politician who was elected in the 2010 Victorian state election for the Electoral district of Bentleigh,defeating the then incumbent Labor MP Rob Hudson. She served as the MP for Bentleigh for four years before losing the seat in 2014 to Nick Staikos of the Labor Party.
Benjamin Alan Carroll is an Australian politician and lawyer and has been the current deputy premier of Victoria since October 2023. He has been the deputy leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Niddrie since 2012.
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.
Steve Dimopoulos is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2014 representing the electoral district of Oakleigh. He served as the Minister for Tourism,Sport and Major Events and the Minister for Creative Industries in the Second Andrews Ministry from June 2022 to September 2023. He continued as Minister for Tourism,Sport and Major Events,Minister for the Environment,and Minister for Outdoor Recreation in the Allan Ministry.
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.
Dustin Raffaele Halse is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 2018 to November 2022,representing the seat of Ringwood. On 24 November 2021,Halse shared publicly that he would not be recontesting his seat in the 2022 Victorian state election.
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
Nina Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly,representing the district of Albert Park since November 2022. She was previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022,representing the Southern Metropolitan Region. She has been the Parliamentary Secretary for Training and Skills since December 2022 and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary for Health. She also served as Government Whip in the Legislative Council from October 2020 to August 2022.
Enver Erdogan is an Australian politician and Victorian Government Minister. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since August 2019,representing Southern Metropolitan Region from 2019 to November 2022,and Northern Metropolitan Region from November 2022. He currently serves as Minister for Casino,Gaming,and Liquor Regulation,Minister for Corrections,Youth Justice.
Luba Norma Grigorovitch is an Australian politician. She represents the Labor Party and is a former trade union official.
