Sir Rupert James Hamer,,also known as Dick Hamer,was an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981,and prior to that,the 18th deputy premier of Victoria from 1971 to 1972. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Kew.
The City of Melbourne is a local government area in Victoria,Australia,located in the central city area of Melbourne. In 2021,the city has an area of 37.7 square kilometres (14.6 sq mi) and had a population of 149,615. The city's motto is "vires acquirit eundo" which means "we gather strength as we go".
Mont Albert is an inner eastern suburb of Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,12 kilometres east of Melbourne's Central Business District,located within the Cities of Boroondara and Whitehorse local government areas. Mont Albert recorded a population of 4,948 at the 2021 census.
The Division of Chisholm is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The Division was created in 1949 and is named after Caroline Chisholm,a social worker and promoter of women's immigration. The Division is an Inner Metropolitan area.
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.
Frank Noel Wilkes was an Australian politician who served as the Leader of the Labor Opposition in Victoria from 1977 to 1981.
The electoral district of Burwood was an electorate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was located approximately 13 kilometres east of Melbourne,and covered an area of 25 km2. The seat included the suburbs of Ashburton,Ashwood,Box Hill South,Burwood,Chadstone,and parts of Camberwell,Canterbury,Glen Iris,and Surrey Hills. It was created in 1955 as part of the expansion of the Legislative Assembly,and abolished in 1967,replaced by Glen Iris. Burwood was recreated in 1976,replacing Glen Iris.
The electoral district of Kew is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Located in eastern Melbourne,a few kilometres from the city centre,it is centred on the suburbs of Kew and Kew East. It also contains Balwyn,Balwyn North,Deepdene,and parts of Canterbury,Mont Albert,and Surrey Hills.
Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1888,taking effect at the 1899 election.
Thomas James Burns AO was an Australian politician who led the Labor Party (ALP) in Queensland between 1974 and 1978 and was Deputy Premier of Queensland between 1989 and 1996. He served as the Member for Lytton in the Parliament of Queensland between 1972 and 1996. Burns had previously served as the Federal President of Labor between 1970 and 1973,playing a key role in modernising the party prior to the election of Gough Whitlam as the Prime Minister of Australia in 1972.
Political funding in Australia deals with political donations,public funding and other forms of funding received by politician or political party in Australia to pay for an election campaign. Political parties in Australia are publicly funded,to reduce the influence of private money upon elections,and subsequently,the influence of private money upon the shaping of public policy. After each election,the Australian Electoral Commission distributes a set amount of money to each political party,per vote received. For example,after the 2013 election,political parties and candidates received $58.1 million in election funding. The Liberal Party received $23.9 million in public funds,as part of the Coalition total of $27.2 million,while the Labor Party received $20.8 million.
Will Fowles is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,initially representing the seat of Burwood in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Ahead of the 2022 Victorian state election,the seat of Burwood was abolished by Victoria's Electoral Boundaries Commission,leading Fowles to stand for the seat of Ringwood,where he resides with his family.
The 1973 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,19 May 1973,was for the 46th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect the 73 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Legislative Council.
Socialism in Australia dates back at least as far as the late-19th century. Notions of socialism in Australia have taken many different forms including utopian nationalism in the style of Edward Bellamy,the democratic socialist reformist electoral project of the early Australian Labor Party (ALP),and the revolutionary Marxism of parties such as the Communist Party of Australia.
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.
The Victorian Labor Party,officially known as the Australian Labor Party and commonly referred to simply as Victorian Labor,is the Victorian state branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Victorian Labor forms the incumbent government in the state of Victoria and is led by Jacinta Allan,who has served concurrently as Premier of Victoria since 2023.
Stephen Jolly is an Australian politician,socialist activist,author and construction worker. He is a councillor in the City of Yarra and previously was the President and lead candidate for the Victorian Socialists during the 2018 state election.
The Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) is a group of new rapid transit lines planned or under construction in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia. The project is divided into four distinct sections. The two main sections,SRL East and SRL North,would together form a single 60 km (37 mi) fully automated orbital metro line through the city's middle suburbs,with 13 stations between Cheltenham and Melbourne Airport connecting to eight existing Melbourne rail lines. SRL East is currently under construction and is planned to open in 2035.
Gladys Liu is a Hong Kong-born Australian former politician,who represented the Division of Chisholm in Victoria for the Liberal Party of Australia from her election in May 2019 to her defeat at the 2022 Australian federal election. Liu was the first ethnically Chinese woman ever elected to the House,defeating the Australian Labor Party's Jennifer Yang. Liu was defeated by Carina Garland in the 2022 Australian federal election.
