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Victorian Legislative Council
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 presiding officer of the chamber is the President of the Legislative Council. The Council presently comprises 40 members serving four-year terms from eight electoral regions each with five members. With each region electing 5 members using the single transferable vote, the quota in each region for election, after distribution of preferences, is 16.7% (one-sixth). Ballot papers for elections for the Legislative Council have above and below the line voting. Voting above the line requi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Victorian Legislative Council, 2022–2026
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council, as elected at the 2022 Victorian state election, 2022 state election. Current distribution of seats : Matthew Guy announced during the 2022 Election Campaign that Renee Heath will not sit in the Liberal party room if elected, due to her "ultra-conservative" views and support of the "abhorrent" practice of gay conversion therapy. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2022-2026 Members of the Parliament of Victoria by term 21st-century Australian politicians Victorian Legislative Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Justice Party
Animal Justice Party (AJP) is a political party in Australia founded in 2009. The party was registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 3 May 2011. The party is also registered in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory. The AJP is the first political party in Australia formed solely to advance animal welfare issues. Policies and philosophy The preamble of the AJP charter says the party "has been formed as a response to growing public concern about the neglect of animals and animal protection issues by political parties" and states its mission is to "secure the interests of animals and nature through Australia’s democratic institutions of government". The AJP's vision is a "planet on which animals and nature have the right to live and thrive free from negative human interference and a human society which functions with kindness and compassion within its ecologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2026 Victorian State Election
The 61st Victorian state election is expected to be held on 28 November 2026 to elect the 61st Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly (lower house) and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council (upper house) will be up for election, presuming there are no new electorates added in a redistribution. The election will be administered by the Victorian Electoral Commission. Background Previous election and parliament The Daniel Andrews led Labor government was returned to power in 2014 after winning a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly at the 2014 state election. The Labor party was re-elected at the 2018 state election and again at the 2022 state election. Daniel Andrews and the Labor government is expected to be seeking a fourth four-year term, assuming he is not handing power to the deputy premier, Jacinta Allan. Opposition Leader Matthew Guy stood down as Liberal leader a day after the party's poor result at the 2022 election, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Victorian 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 (lower house) and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council (upper house) 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 second-term incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Daniel Andrews, won a third four-year term, defeating the Liberal/National Coalition opposition, led by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy, increasing their majority from their 2018 landslide election result. Minor party the Greens led by Samantha Ratnam also contested the election, as well as other minor parties and independent candidates. Labor won 56 seats in the 88-seat Legislative Assembly, a net increase of one seat from the previous election in 2018. This was the sixth time that a Labor government was re-elected in Victoria, and it was Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moira Deeming
Moira Deeming is an Australian politician. She is a former member of the parliamentary Liberal Party and is currently an Independent Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Western Metropolitan Region since November 2022. She was previously a councillor for the Melton City Council representing the Watts Ward. On 27 March 2023, she was suspended from the parliamentary Liberal Party for nine months. A week before it was announced by the leader of the opposition, John Pesutto, that he would move to have her expelled from the parliamentary Liberal Party after she spoke at an anti-trans rally outside the Victorian Parliament. The rally was attended by neo-Nazi groups who repeatedly performed Nazi salutes from the steps of Parliament. She was expelled from the parliamentary party room on 12 May 2023. Early life and education Deeming was "born and bred on the political left coming from a long line of union leaders, card-carrying Labor Party members, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Liberal (Australia)
Independent Liberal is a description used in Australian politics, often to designate a politician who is a Liberal Party member but not endorsed by the party at elections. It has also been used by politicians and political candidates who identify as a liberal, but independent from the party. Independent Liberals are present at the local level in several councils. For example, the Liberal Party chose not to endorse candidates in several Sydney councils for the 2021 local elections, with the elected members contesting as independents despite being affiliated with the Liberal Party. Independent Liberals are also present at the local level in several other councils in other state capitals, specifically Melbourne and Hobart. Currently, the only Independent Liberal MP in a state parliament is Moira Deeming, who was expelled from the parliamentary Victorian Liberal Party in May 2023. History The label was first used at a federal election in 1910, following the formation of the Commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adem Somyurek
Adem Kubilay Somyurek (born 25 September 1967 in Izmir, Turkey) is an Australian politician. He has served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region since 2002. Somyurek was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) until 2020, when he was expelled to sit as an independent. He served twice as a government minister, as Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade in the First Andrews Ministry from 2014 to 2015 and as Minister for Local Government and Minister for Small Business in the Second Andrews Ministry from 2018 to 2020. In June 2020, Somyurek became the subject of major corruption allegations including branch stacking during the 48th Victorian Parliament. Personal life Born in 1967 in Izmir, Turkey, Somyurek moved to Australia with his parents when he was 18 months old. Prior to entering the Victorian Parliament, Somyurek worked as a taxi driver, as a staffer for Labor Senator Jacinta Collins in 1996 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politicians In Australia
An independent politician is a person who has served in a political office while not affiliated to any political party. Many of these have either resigned or been expelled from membership in political parties, and some have gone on to form their own political parties over time. Background In Australia, the federal and state governments all operate on a bicameral parliament, with a House of Representatives and a Senate each. Control of each house is formed by either a majority parliament, where a single party or a coalition of parties, holds enough seats to hold power through an electoral term in their own right. When a party is unable to win enough seats in an election, this is known as a "hung parliament", the larger parties are required to meet with smaller third parties and independents in order to make compromises and agreements in order to have a majority of seats, known as forming a minority government. Most elections in Australian history have resulted in Majority governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Bourman
Jeffrey Matthew Bourman (born 19 February 1967) is an Australian politician. He is a Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council, having represented Eastern Victoria Region since 2014. Jeff Bourman was the founder of the Victorian Branch of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party and has served as the Chairman of the Victorian Branch since its inception. Bourman was a police officer with Victoria Police, before leaving to pursue a career in information technology. According to The Age, between November 2018 and November 2021, Bourman voted with the Andrews Government's position 48.2% of the time. Bourman was first elected at the 2014 Victorian state election and re-elected in 2018 and 2022. Bourman is married with one child and lives in Hampton East, Victoria Hampton East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Bayside local government area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooters, Fishers And Farmers Party
The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF) is an Australian political party. It primarily advocates for increased funding and services for rural and regional Australia, protecting the right to farm, enhancing commercial and recreational fishing, tougher sentencing for illegal firearm trade and usage, and relaxing gun control for law abiding citizens. The party was formed in 1992, and was known simply as the Shooters Party. It initially operated only in New South Wales, but has since expanded into other states. It was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in 2007, and contested its first federal election the same year. In July 2009, the party changed its name to the Shooters and Fishers Party, and in April 2016, the name was changed to its current name. The party has also gradually broadened its policy focus, with water and regional health care being its main focus during the 2019 NSW state and federal election campaigns. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell
Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Pauline Hanson's One Nation representing the Northern Victoria Region. She was elected in the 2022 Victorian state election. Tyrrell is One Nation's first member of the Victorian parliament. Tyrell previously ran as the One Nation Candidate in Division of Nicholls for the 2019 Australian federal election, finishing 3rd, and at the 2022 Australian federal election 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 conse ..., finishing 5th. Tyrell was a dairy farmer the past 16 years prior to her election to the Legislative Council. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyrrell, Rikkie-Lee Pauline Hanson's One Nation politicians One Nation members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON or ONP), also known as One Nation or One Nation Party, is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia. It is led by Pauline Hanson. One Nation had electoral success in the late 1990s, before suffering an extended decline after 2001. Its leaders have been accused, charged, and later acquitted, of fraud, and the party has suffered from numerous defections, resignations and other internal scandals which culminated in Hanson's resignation from the party. One Nation's policies and platform have been much criticized as being Racism, racist and Xenophobia, xenophobic. Nevertheless, One Nation has had a profound impact on debates on multiculturalism and Immigration to Australia, immigration in Australia. Following Hanson's return as leader and the 2016 Australian federal election, 2016 federal election, the party gained 4 seats in the Senate, including one for Hanson herself, in Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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