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.
Socialist Action,known until October 2019 as the Socialist Party,was a Trotskyist political party in Australia. It published a monthly magazine called The Socialist which contained a socialist perspective on news and current issues.
Lynette Fay Allison is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1996 to 2008,representing the state of Victoria. As of October 2019 she is the national president of the Australian Democrats.
The Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) was an Australian political party formed in June 1984. It was founded by medical researcher Michael Denborough as the political arm of the Australian anti-nuclear movement,which had been active since the early 1970s.
The Melbourne rail network is a passenger and freight train system in the city of Melbourne,Victoria,Australia. The metropolitan passenger rail network is centred on the Melbourne CBD and consists of 222 stations across 16 lines,which served a ridership of 99.5 million over the year 2021–2022. It is the core of the larger Victorian railway network,with links to both intrastate and interstate systems.
The Division of Batman was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It took its name from John Batman,one of the founders of the city of Melbourne. The division was created in 1906,replacing the Division of Northern Melbourne,and was abolished in 2019 and replaced by the Division of Cooper.
Transport in Melbourne,the state capital of Victoria,Australia,consists of several interlinking modes. Melbourne is a hub for intercity,intracity and regional travel. Road-based transport accounts for most trips across many parts of the city,facilitated by Australia's largest freeway network. Public transport,including the world's largest tram network,trains and buses,also forms a key part of the transport system. Other dominant modes include walking,cycling and commercial-passenger vehicle services such as taxis.
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 electoral district of Thomastown is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently includes the suburbs of Lalor and Thomastown,and parts of Fawkner,Reservoir and Wollert,and has been in existence since 1985.
The 2006 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,25 November 2006,was for the 56th Parliament of Victoria. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and,for the first time,40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system. The election was conducted by the independent Victorian Electoral Commission.
Lynne Janice Kosky was an Australian politician and senior minister in the Government of Victoria. She represented the electoral district of Altona in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party from 1996 to 2010 and held key ministerial posts from 1999 through to her retirement from politics,including the key education and public transport portfolios.
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.
The 2010 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,27 November 2010,was for the 57th Parliament of Victoria. The election was to elect all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and all 40 members of the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government,led by John Brumby,was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Ted Baillieu. The election gave the Coalition a one-seat majority in both houses of parliament.
The 2014 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,29 November 2014,was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Coalition minority government,led by Liberal Party leader and Premier Denis Napthine and National Party leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan,was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party opposition,led by Daniel Andrews. The Greens won two lower house seats,their first Legislative Assembly seats in a Victorian state election,whilst increasing their share of upper house seats. The new Andrews Ministry was sworn in on 4 December 2014.
A general election for the 56th Parliament of New South Wales (NSW) was held on Saturday 28 March 2015. Members were elected to all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly using optional preferential voting. Members were also elected to 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council using optional preferential proportional representation voting. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission.
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.
Malcolm John (Mal) Sandon is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1982 to 1988,representing Chelsea Province,and of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1996,representing the electorate of Carrum. He served as Minister for Corrections and Minister for Police and Emergency Services in the Kirner government from 1990 to 1992.
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.
Jana Naretha Anne Stewart is an Australian politician and former public servant. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was appointed as a Senator for Victoria in April 2022,filling the vacancy caused by the death of Kimberley Kitching.
Luba Norma Grigorovitch is an Australian politician. She represents the Labor Party and former trade union official.
