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Minister For The Arts (Victoria)
The Minister for Creative Industries is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria, Australia. It was formerly known as the Minister for the Arts up until the Andrews Government. Ministers See also * Minister for the Arts (Australia) **Minister for the Arts (New South Wales) **Minister for the Arts (Northern Territory) The Northern Territory Minister for Arts and Culture is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory, Australia. The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade. The Ministe ... ** Minister for the Arts (Western Australia) Reference list {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub Victoria State Government Creative Industries ...
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Colin Brooks (politician)
Colin William Brooks (born 9 January 1970) 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 Child Protection and Family Services and Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers since June 2022, having previously served as the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from March 2017 until his ministerial appointment. Early life Born in Sydney, he was educated at De La Salle College in Ashfield before receiving an electrical trades certificate from Petersham TAFE. He was an electrician from 1990 to 1996. Political career In 1996, Brooks became an electorate officer. From 1997 to 2005, he served on Banyule City Council, being mayor from 1998 to 1999 and 2001 to 2002. In 2006, he was selected as the Labor candidate for the safe seat of Bundoora in the 2006 state election, after the retirement of sitting member Sherryl Garbutt. He has ...
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Robert Fordham
Robert Clive Fordham (born 10 February 1942) is an Australian former politician, who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the state seat of Footscray for the Labor Party from 1970 to 1992. He was Deputy Premier of Victoria in John Cain's government from 1982 to 1989.Fordham, Robert Clive
''Re-Member'', Parliament of Victoria.


Early life and education

Fordham was born in Melbourne and attended Footscray North Primary School and Essendon High School before studying commerce and arts at the . He worked as an accountant, and joined the Commonwealth Public Service Board in 1968. He is the brothe ...
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Steve Dimopoulos
Steve Dimopoulos (born 3 December 1972) 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 has served as the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events and the Minister for Creative Industries in the Second Andrews Ministry since June 2022. Early career Prior to his election to state parliament, Dimopoulos was a councilor, and former mayor of the City of Monash. He previously worked as a public servant in the Department of Justice and the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. He also worked for the former federal member for Hotham, Simon Crean. Before entering politics Dimopoulos was a small business owner in Oakleigh. Political career In 2018 Dimopoulos was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer. He then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, and Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health from 2020. Dimopoulos was sworn in as Mini ...
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Danny Pearson (politician)
Daniel James Pearson (born 15 February 1973) is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Essendon. Pearson has served in the Second Andrews Ministry as the Minister for Housing since June 2022, and as the Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Government Services and Minister for Regulatory Reform since June 2020. He was also the Minister for Creative Industries The Minister for Creative Industries is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria, Australia. It was formerly known as the Minister for the Arts up until the Andrews Government. Ministers See also * Minister for the Arts (Aus ... between September 2020 and June 2022. Pearson is a member of the Australian Workers Union component of the Victorian Labor Right. References External links Parliamentary voting record of Danny Pearson at Victorian Parliament Tracker ...
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Martin Foley (politician)
Martin Peter Foley (born 17 May 1962) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2007 and 2022, representing Albert Park. He was the Minister for Equality in the First and Second Andrews Ministry between December 2014 and June 2022 and the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services between September 2020 and June 2022. He was previously the Minister for Mental Health and Minister for Creative Industries prior to September 2020. Early life Foley was born in Mornington. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (history and politics) in 1987 from Monash University and received a Master of Commerce in 2000 from the University of Melbourne. From 1988–2003, he worked with the Australian Services Union before becoming chief of staff to the state Minister for Agriculture. In 2006, he became Chief of Staff to the Minister for Police. Political career In 2007, Foley was elected to the Legislative Assembly ...
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Heidi Victoria
Heidi Victoria (born Heidi Mitterlehner on 12 October 1967) is a professional photographer and former Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing Bayswater for the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2018. Early life Victoria was born in Melbourne to an Austrian father and a New Zealand mother. She completed her HSC in 1984, and went on to complete her BA in Fine Art Photography in 1988 at the Phillip Institute of Technology (now part of RMIT University). Prior to her election, Victoria owned and operated her own photography business, specialising in portraits and event photography. Political career Within the Liberal Party, Victoria has served as branch president, vice-president and secretary; state and federal electorate council delegate; fundraiser; branch development officer; and State council and Federal conference delegate. She was elected to the seat of Bayswater at the November 2006 election. In November 2009, she was named Shadow ...
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Edward Baillieu
Edward Norman Baillieu (born 31 July 1953) is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2010 to 2013. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014, representing the electorate of Hawthorn. He was elected leader of the Liberal Party in opposition in 2006, and served as Premier from 2010 until 2013 after winning the 2010 state election. He resigned as Premier on 6 March 2013, and was succeeded by Denis Napthine. Early life Ted Baillieu is the youngest son of Darren and Diana Baillieu. He is also the younger brother of solicitor Ian Baillieu, former ABC presenter Fiona Baillieu, author David Baillieu, former journalist and Portsea activist Kate Baillieu (the widow of state Liberal politician Julian Doyle) and Olympic oarsman and America's Cup yachtsman Will Baillieu. His Walloon great-great-great-grandfather, Étienne Lambert Baillieux (1773–1816), migrated to England from Liège, Belgium. The 3rd Baron Baillieu ...
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Peter Batchelor
Peter John Batchelor (born 21 September 1950) is a former Australian politician who served as an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Thomastown from 1990 until 2010. Batchelor was born in western Sydney. He attended Beaumaris High School. His grandmother reportedly once held a 50-year-plus record as the longest card-carrying member of the ALP. Career Member, Parliament of Victoria Batchelor was elected in a 1990 by-election to the district of Thomastown following the death of Beth Gleeson. His parliamentary roles are listed as follows. * Shadow Minister for Public Transport 1992-96. * Manager of Opposition Business 1995-99. * Shadow Minister for Transport 1996-99. * Manager, Government Business in the Legislative Assembly October 1999-November 2010. * Minister for Transport October 1999-December 2006. * Minister for Major Projects 2002-05. * Minister for Energy and Resources December 2006-December 2010. * Manager of Gov ...
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Lynne Kosky
Lynne Janice Kosky (2 September 1958 – 4 December 2014) 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. A sometimes controversial figure, particularly as public transport minister, and a magnet for criticism about the performance of Melbourne's metropolitan rail system, Kosky presided over the largest increases to public transport patronage in 50 years in Victoria when a substantial infrastructure deficit had been created over that period due to a bias towards funding for roads. Kosky attracted record funding for public transport, particularly during the settling of the Victorian Transport Plan, and built a strong record of legislative reform in her ministerial posts. On 18 Janu ...
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Mary Delahunty
Mary Elizabeth Delahunty (born 7 June 1951) is an Australian journalist and politician with the Labor Party. Early life Delahunty was born in the Victorian town of Murtoa and educated at Loreto College in Ballarat.''Who's Who in Australia 2017'', ConnectWeb. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from La Trobe University. Media career Delahunty was a news journalist for the ABC and Network Ten from 1975 to 1996. She appeared in news and current affairs programs such as ''Four Corners'' and '' The 7.30 Report''. She received a Gold Walkley award for the story ''Aiding and Abetting'' which was shown and produced by ''Four Corners'' in 1983. ''Aiding and Abetting'' was about the improper use of Australian aid money in the Philippines. In the late 1980s, Delahunty, then the chief newsreader for the ABC in Victoria, was parodied by comedian Jean Kittson on ''The Big Gig'', where Kittson portrayed a snobbish, acid-tongued announcer called Veronica Glenhuntly (whose s ...
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Jeffrey Kennett
Jeffrey Gibb Kennett (born 2 March 1948) is a former Australian politician who was the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999, and currently a media commentator. He was previously the president of the Hawthorn Football Club, serving from 2005 to 2011 and again from 2017 to 2022. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national organisation "working to reduce the impact of depression and anxiety in the community". Early life The son of Kenneth Munro Gibb Kennett (1921–2007), and Wendy Anne Kennett (1925–2006), née Fanning, he was born in Melbourne on 2 March 1948. He attended Scotch College; and, although an unexceptional student academically, he did well in the school's Cadet Corps Unit. He also played football (on the wing) for the school. His failure to rise above the middle band academically almost led him to quit school in Fourth Form (Year 10 – 1963), but he was persuaded to stay on. His Fifth and Sixth Forms were an improvement, but he was s ...
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Haddon Storey
Haddon Storey (born 15 May 1930) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne to Elsdon Storey, a dentist, and Gwendoline Alberta Bellett, a dental nurse. He attended Scotch College and Melbourne University, where he received a Master of Law. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor, and practiced from 1955. He was joint editor of the Law Council of Australia's newsletter from 1963 to 1969 and lecturer at the Council of Legal Education from 1963 to 1975. He was a long-standing member of the Liberal Party and served on the state executive from 1967 to 1971. In 1971 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a member for East Yarra. He was Attorney-General and Minister for Federal Affairs from 1978 to 1982, Minister for Consumer Affairs from 1981 to 1982, Minister for Gaming, the Arts, and Tertiary Education and Training from 1992 to 1996, and deputy party leader in the upper house from 1979 to 1992. He retired from politics in 1996. Storey was ...
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