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Minister For The Environment (Victoria)
The Minister for the Environment is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the Victorian Government's laws and initiatives on environment. Steve Dimopoulos has been the minister since October 2023. Ministers See also * Minister for the Environment and Water (Australia) * Minister for Environment (Western Australia) * Minister for Environment and Natural Resources (Northern Territory) * Minister for Environment and Heritage Reference list {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub Victoria State Government Environment Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, all living and non-living things occurring naturally * Biophysical environment, the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism or ... ! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Pullen
Barry Thomas Pullen (born 1 November 1939) is a former Australian politician. He was a minister in the Cain and Kirner Labor Victorian State Governments, and held the Legislative Council seat of Melbourne in the Victorian Parliament from 1982 to 1999. Pullen has been a member of the Labor Party since 1968, and was in the Socialist Left faction. Pullen was born in 1939 in Melbourne, Victoria to parents Thomas Pullen, a fibrous plasterer, and Ellen Roderick. He married Margaret Ackerly, and they had three daughters. Pullen attended Moreland State School, Moreland Central School, Coburg High School. He studied at University of Melbourne and RMIT to become a civil engineer. Pullen was a founding member of the Fitzroy Residents Association and Fitzroy city councillor 1972–1976. He was very active in campaigning against the high rise Housing Commission of Victoria flats being built in the 1950s and 1960s. He was employed as survey assistant, draftsman, technical officer, civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For The Environment And Water (Australia)
The Australian Minister for the Environment and Water is a position which is currently held by Tanya Plibersek in the Albanese ministry since 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022. In the Government of Australia, the minister and assistant minister are responsible for the protection and conservation of the environment; to ensure that Australia benefits from meteorological and related sciences and services; and to see that Australia's interests in Antarctica are advanced. The minister provides direction and oversight of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (previously the Department of the Environment and Energy, and before that the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) to develop and implement national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage. Portfolio responsibilities The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Stitt
Ingrid Stitt (born 1965/1966) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2018, representing Western Metropolitan Region. She is a former union leader who won preselection over Jane Garrett in November 2017. In September 2020, Stitt was appointed Minister for Workplace Safety and Minister for Early Childhood in the Second Andrews Ministry. Early life Stitt was born in the United Kingdom and is the daughter of artists Peter and Daphne Stitt. In 1974, when Ingrid was 8, the Stitts moved to Australia when Peter took up a lecturing job at the Prahran College of the Arts in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian Lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Energy And Resources
The Minister for Energy and Resources is a ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria. Ministers Reference list Victoria State Government Minister for Energy and Resources The Minister for Energy and Resources is a ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria. Ministers Reference list Victoria State Government Minister for Energy and Resources {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub ... {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily D'Ambrosio
Liliana D'Ambrosio (born 30 July 1964, in Melbourne) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002, representing the electorate of Mill Park. She is presently Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change and Minister for Solar Homes in the Andrews Ministry. She was educated at Mercy College, Coburg and St Aloysius' College, North Melbourne. She received an Arts degree from the University of Melbourne in 1986 and later a Diploma in Public Policy. Political career D'Ambrosio joined the Labor Party at university, and subsequently became an organiser with the Australian Services Union in 1986. She was promoted to state organiser in 1994, and served in the position until 1999, when she became an electorate officer to Alex Andrianopoulos, the then-Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He retired in 2002, and she replaced him as the party's candidate in his safe seat of Mill Park. In 2010, D'Ambros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Neville
Lisa Mary Neville (born 27 May 1964) is a former Australian politician, formerly serving as the member for Bellarine in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She represented the Labor Party. Between 2014 and 2022, she was the Minister for Police and Minister for Water. She also held other portfolios such as environment, climate Change and emergency services at different times during this period. Early life and education Neville was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. Her father worked for the airline Qantas, and the family moved around Australia and Papua New Guinea before settling in Brisbane. Neville attended Mount Alvernia College, and then completed an arts degree at Griffith University. At university, she was involved in student unionism, initially with the Queensland Union of Students and then as general secretary and president of the National Union of Students in Melbourne. She worked as a community visitor, inspecting residential facilities for the elderly and disabled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Smith (Australian Politician)
Ryan James Smith (born 2 April 1969) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2023, representing the electorate of Warrandyte. He was Minister for Environment and Climate Change and Minister for Youth Affairs from 2010 to 2014, serving in both the Baillieu and Napthine governments. Career Smith worked in various roles in financial services prior to entering politics, including as a treasury officer for North Limited from 1989 to 1992, a currency dealer for the National Australia Bank from 1992 to 1994, a treasury officer for BP Finance from 1994 to 1999, a finance officer for Orica from 1999 to 2000, a foreign exchange specialist for Suncorp Metway from 2000 to 2002, and as a manager with the Commonwealth Bank from 2003 to 2006. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2006 state election, succeeding retiring veteran Liberal MP Phil Honeywood. He was shadow parliamentary secretary for environme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Jennings
Gavin Wayne Jennings (born 18 April 1957) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2020, representing Melbourne Province (1999–2006) and then the South Eastern Metropolitan Region (2006–2020) . He was Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council and Special Minister of State in the Andrews Ministry from 2014 to 2020. He previously served as Cabinet Secretary (1999–2002), Minister for Aged Care (2002–2006), Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (2006–2007), Minister for Community Services (2006–2007), Minister for Environment and Climate Change (2007–2010) and Minister for Innovation (2007–2010) in the Bracks Ministry and Brumby Ministry. He had also been Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council from 1999 to 2010. Jennings is a leading member of the party's Socialist Left faction. Jennings studied at Beaufort High School and Monash University, attaining degrees in arts and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brumby
John Mansfield Brumby (born 21 April 1953) 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. Brumby currently is the national president of the Australia China Business Council (ACBC). Early life Born in Melbourne, Brumby was educated at Ivanhoe Grammar School and then later, Melbourne Grammar S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Climate Action
The Minister for Climate Action is a ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria. The position was renamed 'Minister for Climate Action' in the Third Andrews ministry. The portfolio was formerly known as the 'Minister for Climate Change' and was held concurrently by the Minister for the Environment. Ministers Reference list Victoria State Government Minister for Energy and Resources The Minister for Energy and Resources is a ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria. Ministers Reference list Victoria State Government Minister for Energy and Resources The Minister for Energy and Resources ... {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Water (Victoria)
The Minister for Water is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria. Ministers See also * Minister for the Environment and Water (Australia) ** Minister for Water (Western Australia) ** Minister for Water (New South Wales) Reference list {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub Victoria State Government Water Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
