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Bracks Ministry
The Bracks Ministry was the 65th ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government in the Australian state of Victoria. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, and is the leader of the political party able to secure a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assemb ..., Steve Bracks, and Deputy Premier, John Thwaites. It succeeded the Kennett Ministry on 20 October 1999, Government of Victoria, 20 October 1999. following the defeat of Jeff Kennett's Liberal government in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennett Ministry
The Kennett Ministry was the 64th ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the Premier of Victoria, Jeff Kennett, of the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li .... The ministry was sworn in on October 6, 1992, and remained a single ministry through two parliaments until on October 20, 1999. Ministry 3 April 1996 - 20 October 1999 6 October 1992 - 3 April 1996 References {{Victorian ministries Victoria (Australia) ministries Liberal Party of Australia ministries in Victoria (Australia) Cabinets established in 1992 1992 establishments in Australia Cabinets disestablished in 1999 Ministries of Elizabeth II 1999 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Campbell (politician)
Christine Mary Campbell (born 30 November 1953) is an Australian politician. Education Born in Melbourne, Campbell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education from La Trobe University. She later was Head of the National Women's Bureau in the Shop Distributive Association from 1974–80. She became an emergency teacher and adult migrant teacher in 1981, and joined the Labor Party in 1983. In 1989 she became an electorate officer, and from 1992 to 1995 manager of the Caroline Chisholm Society. Political career In 1996, Campbell was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Pascoe Vale, succeeding Kelvin Thomson, who was elected to the federal seat of Wills. Campbell immediately became Shadow Minister for Family Services and Women's Affairs, and in 1999 moved to the Community Services portfolio. Later that year, when Labor won government under Steve Bracks Stephen Phillip Bracks (born 15 October 1954) is a former Australian poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Cameron (Victorian Politician)
Robert Graham Cameron (born 19 March 1963) is a former Australian state politician. He represented the electorate of Bendigo West in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He served as the Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Corrections (2006-2010 in the third Bracks Ministry and the Brumby Government). Educated in Bendigo at government schools, Cameron also attended the University of Melbourne where he obtained a law degree. He practised as a solicitor in Bendigo from 1985 until he was first elected to Parliament in 1996. In the first Bracks Ministry (1999-2002), Bob Cameron was the Minister for Local Government, WorkCover and TAC. In the second Bracks Ministry (2002-2006) he was Minister for Agriculture . While Minister for Local Government, he sacked the then-controversial Melbourne City Council. As WorkCover Minister he reintroduced common law rights for seriously injured workers. In 2005, he proposed and implemented a ban on pit bull Pit bull ... [...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] |
Candy Broad
Candy Celeste Broad (born 4 January 1956) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from September 1999 to May 2014, first representing the electorate of Melbourne North Province until 2006, and then as a Member for the Northern Victoria region. After making a name for herself as the Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Broad moved into politics, contesting a safe Labor seat at the 1999 Victorian state election. She was immediately promoted into the ministry and served three years as Minister for Energy and Resources and Minister for Ports. After overseeing a range of changes in this area, she was promoted to Minister for Local Government and Housing after the 2002 election, but was unsuccessful in retaining a frontbench position following the 2006 Victorian State Election. Beginnings Broad was born in Perth, Western Australia, and studied commerce at the University of Western Australia. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacinta Allan
Jacinta Marie Allan (born 19 September 1973) is an Australian politician serving as the 29th and current deputy premier of Victoria since June 2022. She is a member of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 1999 for the division of Bendigo East. Allan is the longest serving Victorian female minister in the state's history, and currently the most senior sitting member of the Assembly. A member of a prominent Bendigo political family, she is the granddaughter of the late Bendigo Trades Hall Council President William Allan. Education Allan went to school at St Joseph’s Primary School in Quarry Hill, then Catholic College Bendigo. She completed her studies in a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at La Trobe University in Bendigo. Political career Early career Allan served in the political offices of Steve Gibbons and Neil O'Keefe, before her election to parliament. She was first elected at the 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Gould
Monica Mary Gould (born 5 May 1957) is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between September 1993 and November 2006, representing Doutta Galla Province. Gould was born in Melbourne, and finished her secondary studies at a technical college in the suburb of Macleod. She became involved in the Manufacturing Grocers Association trade union, which later merged with the National Union of Workers. In 1980, she became its General Vice-President – a position which she held until her election to parliament. She was also a member of the Australian Council of Trade Unions executive between 1991 and 1993. In 1993, Gould decided to make a move into politics, and succeeded in securing Labor pre-selection for a by-election in the seat of Doutta Galla Province. During her first term, which was only three years, because of the circumstances of her election, she was a member of the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee. She wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Premier Of Victoria
The deputy premier of Victoria is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Victoria. The deputy premier position was created in May 1932, with Robert Menzies being the first person to hold the position. The deputy premier is appointed by the Governor of Victoria, Governor on the advice of the Premier of Victoria, premier. The deputy premier is usually also a minister in the government. When the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party forms government, the deputy leader of the Labor parliamentary party typically becomes the deputy premier. The same was the case when the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party formed government on its own. When the Coalition (Australia), Liberal-National coalition is in government, the deputy premier is usually the leader of the junior coalition partner, the National Party of Australia – Victoria, Nationals (or its predecessor, the Country Party). The current deputy premier is Jacinta Allan of the Labor Party, who has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasurer Of Victoria
The Treasurer of Victoria is the title held by the Cabinet Minister who is responsible for the financial management of the budget sector in the Australian state of Victoria. This primarily includes: * preparation and delivery of the annual State Budget; * revenue collection for Victoria, including stamp duty, payroll tax, financial institutions duty and land tax; * borrowing, investment and financial arrangements to hedge, protect or manage the State’s financial interests; * promoting economic growth across Victoria; and * providing investment and fund management services to the State and its statutory authorities. List of Victorian treasurers (prior to 1935) While Victoria ceased to be a colony in 1901, the Treasurer ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff 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 stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
