Petro Georgiou AO is a Greek Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 1994 to July 2010,representing the Division of Kooyong,Victoria.
The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Woollarawarre Bennelong,an Aboriginal man befriended by the first Governor of New South Wales,Arthur Phillip. The seat is represented by Jerome Laxale since the 2022 Australian federal election.
The Division of Kooyong is an Australian Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of Victoria,which covers an area of approximately 59 km2 (23 sq mi) in the inner-east of Melbourne. It contains the affluent suburbs of Balwyn,Balwyn North,Camberwell,Canterbury,Deepdene,Kew,Kew East,Mont Albert,Mont Albert North,Surrey Hills and parts of Glen Iris.
The Division of McEwen is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. Classed as a rural seat,the electorate is located in the centre of the state,north of its capital city Melbourne. It includes the outer northern suburbs of Doreen,Mernda,and Wollert,and extends along the Hume Freeway north of the metropolitan area to include the towns of Gisborne as well as Wallan as well as many other small towns.
The New South Wales Liberal Party,officially called the Liberal Party of Australia,New South Wales Division,and colloquially known as the NSW Liberal Party,is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales. The party is currently in Opposition in New South Wales in a coalition with the National Party. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party which is in opposition on the mainland of Australia,with Tasmania being the exception.
Maxine Margaret McKew is a former Australian Labor politician and journalist;she was the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure,Transport,Regional Development and Local Government in the First Rudd Ministry and the First Gillard Ministry.
Joshua Anthony Frydenberg is an Australian former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022. He also served as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Kooyong from 2010 to 2022.
Rory John McEwen is a former Australian politician who was the independent member for the seats of Gordon (1997–2002) and Mount Gambier (2002–2010) in the South Australian House of Assembly.
Peter Robert Cleeland,Australian politician,was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing the electorate of McEwen in Victoria between 1984 and 1990,and subsequently between 1993 and 1996.
Robert George Mitchell is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since August 2010,representing the electorate of McEwen. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006,and was Second Deputy Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022.
Donna-Lee Petrovich was an Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2013,representing Northern Victoria Region. She resigned with a year remaining of her second term in order to contest the 2013 federal election in the seat of McEwen,but was defeated by Labor incumbent Rob Mitchell.
Kelly Megan O'Dwyer is a former Australian politician. She served in the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019,representing the Liberal Party,and held senior ministerial office from 2015 to 2019.
This article provides details on candidates who stood at the 2010 Australian federal election.
Jane Prentice is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2019,representing the Division of Ryan in Queensland. She previously served on the Brisbane City Council from 2000 to 2010. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.
Melissa Lee Price is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Defence Industry from 2019 to 2022 and as Minister for Science and Technology from 2021 to 2022 in the Morrison government. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013,representing the Division of Durack in Western Australia. A member of the Liberal Party,she previously served as Minister for the Environment (2018–2019) and Assistant Minister for the Environment (2017–2018).
The 2019 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 18 May 2019 to elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia. The election had been called following the dissolution of the 45th Parliament as elected at the 2016 double dissolution federal election. All 151 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate were up for election.
A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wentworth took place on 20 October 2018 after the parliamentary resignation of the former Prime Minister of Australia and incumbent Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull.
The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government,led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison,sought to win a fourth consecutive term in office but was defeated by the opposition Labor Party,led by Anthony Albanese. Up for election were all 151 seats in the lower house,the House of Representatives,as well as 40 of the 76 seats in the upper house,the Senate.
The next Australian federal election will be held on or before 27 September 2025 to elect members of the 48th Parliament of Australia. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and likely 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate will be contested. It is expected that at this election,the Labor government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be seeking re-election to a second term in office,opposed by the Liberal/National Coalition under Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton.
Teal independents,simply known as teals and also called community independents,are a loosely-aligned group of centrist,independent or minor party politicians in Australian politics. They have been characterised as strongly advocating for increased action to mitigate climate change by reducing carbon emissions along with improved political integrity and accountability. They also generally share socially liberal outlooks,including on issues such as LGBT rights,and have harnessed grassroots campaigning to achieve strong swings towards them.
