Politics of the Australian state of Victoria takes place in the context of a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliamentary system,and like other Australian states,Victoria is part of the federation known as the Commonwealth of Australia.
The City of Greater Geelong is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria,Australia,located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 1,248 square kilometres (482 sq mi) and,had a population of 271,057 as of the 2021 Australian census. It is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Geelong urban area,while other significant settlements within the LGA include Anakie,Balliang,Barwon Heads,Batesford,Ceres,Clifton Springs,Drysdale,Lara,Ocean Grove,Portarlington and St Leonards. It was formed in 1993 from the amalgamation of the Rural City of Bellarine,Shire of Corio,City of Geelong,City of Geelong West,City of Newtown,City of South Barwon,and parts of Shire of Barrabool and Shire of Bannockburn.
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.
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 Altona was one of the electoral districts of Victoria,Australia,for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covered an area of 79 square kilometres (31 sq mi) in western Melbourne,and included the suburbs of Altona,Altona Meadows,Laverton,Point Cook,Seabrook and Seaholme. It also included the RAAF Williams airbase and the Point Cook Coastal Park. It lay within the Western Metropolitan Region of the upper house,the Legislative Council.
The electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in south-west rural Victoria,west of Geelong,and covers the Colac and Corangamite local government areas (LGA),parts of the Moyne,Golden Plains and Surf Coast LGAs,and slivers of the Ararat and Greater Geelong LGAs,running along the Great Ocean Road taking in Anglesea,Cape Otway,Peterborough,Aireys Inlet,Lorne,Wye River,Apollo Bay and Port Campbell,covering the inland towns of Winchelsea,Colac,Camperdown and Terang along the Princes Highway,and Inverleigh,Cressy,Lismore and Mortlake on the Hamilton Highway,and finally,includes the Otway Ranges and Lake Corangamite.
Fiona Heather Patten is an Australian former politician. She was the leader of Reason Australia and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2014 and 2022,representing the Northern Metropolitan Region until she lost her seat at the 2022 state election.
There have been 108 women in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since its establishment in 1856. Women have had the right to vote in Victoria,Australia since 1908 and the right to stand as a candidate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1923.
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.
Local government in the Australian state of Victoria consists of 79 local government areas (LGAs). Also referred to as municipalities,Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34),shires (38),rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general,an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a City Council,while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a Shire Council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures,regardless of their classification.
Ann Mary Henderson was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1999,representing the seat of Geelong for the Liberal Party. She held ministerial office in the government of Jeff Kennett,serving as Minister for Housing and Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs.
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 Victorian Greens and been the party's leader since April 2024.
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.
Samantha Shantini Ratnam is a Sri Lankan-Australian social worker and politician. She was the leader of the Victorian Greens between 2017 and 2024,serving as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council in the Northern Metropolitan Region. Prior to this she was a councillor and mayor for the City of Moreland.
Lidia Alma Thorpe is an Aboriginal 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.
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
Stuart James Grimley is a former Australian politician. He was a Justice Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 2018 and 2022,representing Western Victoria Region. He was not re-elected at the 2022 state election.
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.
The Australian Federation Party (AFP),also known as AusFeds and formerly known as the Country Alliance and the Australian Country Party,is an Australian political party. Founded in 2004 by four rural Victorians,the party lodged its initial registration with the Victorian Electoral Commission on 15 August 2005.
Gabrielle de Vietri is a member of the Victorian Greens elected in the 2022 Victorian state election for the electoral district of Richmond.
