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David Risstrom
David Eric Risstrom (born 1962 or 1963) is an Australian barrister and former politician. He was the first elected representative for the Victorian Greens. Early life Risstrom is the son of Eric Risstrom (1930−2012), who served as a councillor on the City of Camberwell from 1961 to 1974 and from 1996 to 2003 on its successor, the City of Boroondara. He educated at Wesley College Melbourne, the University of Melbourne (B.A.) and the Australian National University (B.Sc., LL.B.) before beginning his practice as a barrister. Political career Risstrom was elected as a councillor on the City of Melbourne at the 1999 Victorian local elections having won 9% of the primary vote in a proportional representation system, becoming the first member of the Victorian Greens elected to public office. He was re-elected in 2001. In 2004, Risstrom resigned as a councillor to contest the 2004 federal election in the Senate. He had won preselection as the lead Victorian Greens candidate, defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Melbourne
The City of Melbourne is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the Melbourne central business district, central city area of Melbourne. In 2021, the city has an area of and had a population of 149,615. The city's motto is "''vires acquirit eundo''" which means "we gather strength as we go". The current List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne, Lord Mayor is Nicholas Reece, who replaced Sally Capp on 2 July 2024. The Melbourne City Council (MCC) holds office in Melbourne Town Hall. History 19th century Melbourne was founded in 1835, during the reign of William IV of the United Kingdom, King William IV, following the arrival of the schooner ''Enterprize'' near the present site of the Queen's Wharf. Unlike other Australian capital cities, Melbourne did not originate under official auspices, instead owing its origins to non-indigenous settlers from Tasmania. Having been a province of New South Wales from its establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group Voting Ticket
A group voting ticket (GVT) is a shortcut for voters in a Ranked voting systems, preferential voting system, where a voter can indicate support for a list of candidates instead of marking preferences for individual candidates. For multi-member electoral divisions with single transferable vote, single transferable voting, a group or party registers a GVT before an election with the electoral commission. When a voter selects a group or party above the line on a ballot paper, their vote is distributed according to the registered GVT for that group. In Australia it is known as group ticket vote or ticket voting. As of 2022, group voting tickets are still used for elections in only two jurisdictions in the country: the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the legislature in the Australian state of Victoria, and the Councillor ballot for City of Melbourne local government elections. In South Australia House of Assembly elections, parties can submit preference tickets which a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (state) Local Councillors
Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capital city of the Seychelles * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of victory Victoria may also refer to: Animals and plants * ''Victoria'' (moth), a moth genus in the family Geometridae * ''Victoria'' (plant), a waterlily genus in the family Nymphaeaceae * Victoria plum, a plum cultivar * Victoria (goose), the first goose to receive a prosthetic 3D printed beak * Victoria (grape), another name for the German/Italian wine grape Trollinger Arts and entertainment Films * ''Victoria'', a Russian 1917 silent film directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya, based on the Knut Hamsun novel * ''Victoria'' (1935 film), a German film * ''Victoria'' (1972 film), a Mexican film based on Henry James' 1880 novel ''Washington Square'' * ''Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawyers From Melbourne
A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as well as the lawyer's area of practice. In many jurisdictions, the legal profession is divided into various branches — including barristers, solicitors, conveyancers, notaries, canon lawyer — who perform different tasks related to the law. Historically, the role of lawyers can be traced back to ancient civilizations such as Greece and Rome. In modern times, the practice of law includes activities such as representing clients in criminal or civil court, advising on business transactions, protecting intellectual property, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. Depending on the country, the education required to become a lawyer can range from completing an undergraduate law degree to undergoing postgraduate education and profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Puglisi
Leonardo Puglisi ( ; born 12 November 2007) is an Australian journalist. He is the founder of online news channel 6 News Australia. He lives in Melbourne, Victoria. Career Puglisi began his media career in 2019, founding what was then initially known as HMV Local News but rebranded in 2020 as 6 News. Puglisi first came to attention in 2020 when he covered the secretive demolition of a bell tower at Hawthorn West Primary School in Hawthorn, Victoria. He has been the subject of a number of conspiracy theories, including that he was a "front" for the Morrison government and that he was being funded by Rupert Murdoch. In 2025, Puglisi was nominated for Victoria Young Australian of the Year. Notable interviews * Scott Morrison - Prime Minister of Australia (2018–2022), prior to the 2022 federal election * Anthony Albanese - Prime Minister of Australia (2022–present) (interviewed during his tenure as Opposition Leader prior to the 2022 federal election) * Kevin Rudd - former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Rice
Janet Elizabeth Rice (born 18 November 1960) is an Australian former politician. She served as a senator for Victoria from 2014 until 2024. She was a co-founder of the Victorian Greens and also served on the Maribyrnong City Council from 2003 to 2008, including a term as mayor. Early life Rice was born on 18 November 1960 in the Melbourne suburb of Altona. She attended the University of Melbourne, where she studied mathematics and meteorology. It was at Melbourne University where she met her partner, Penny Whetton, another student in the meteorology department. Rice began her environmental activism whilst at university, including participating in the Franklin Dam Campaign in 1983. Rice completed a Bachelor of Science, graduating with honours in meteorology. Career before politics Rice began her career in September 1983 as a Nature Conservation Project Officer for the Conservation Council of Victoria now known as Environment Victoria where she was involved in policy and adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-candidate-preferred
In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote (TPP or 2PP), is the result of an opinion poll or a projection of an election result where preferences are distributed to one of the two major parties, the Labor Party and the Liberal/National Coalition e.g. "Coalition 50%, Labor 50%. The preference distribution is usually based upon the results of the last election, and the votes for other candidates are distributed between to the two parties. As such the TPP is a rough indicator of voting intent that focuses on determining the likely majority in the lower house. It is compared to previous values to predict the swing and hence the likelihood of a change in government between the major parties. The TPP assumes a two-party system of government, i.e. that after distribution of votes from less successful candidates, the two remaining candidates will be from each of the two major parties. It provides no indication of the number of representatives of other parties or independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Australia
The Parliament of Australia (officially the Parliament of the Commonwealth and also known as the Federal Parliament) is the federal legislature of Australia. It consists of three elements: the Monarchy of Australia, monarch of Australia (represented by the Governor-General of Australia, governor-general), the Australian Senate, Senate (the upper house), and the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives (the lower house).''Australian Constitution's 1– via Austlii. The Australian Parliament combines elements from the British Westminster system, in which the party or coalition with a majority in the lower house is entitled to form a government, and the United States Congress, which affords equal representation to each of the states, and scrutinises legislation before it can be signed into law. The upper house, the Senate, consists of 76 members: twelve for each States and territories of Australia, state, and two for each of the self-governing States and terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 Australian Parliamentary Eligibility Crisis
Starting in July 2017, the eligibility of several members of the Parliament of Australia was questioned. Referred to by some as a "constitutional crisis", fifteen sitting politicians were ruled ineligible by the High Court of Australia (sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns (Australia), Court of Disputed Returns) or resigned pre-emptively. The situation arose from section 44 of the Constitution of Australia, section 44(i) of the Australian Constitution, which prohibits parliamentarians from having allegiance to a foreign power, especially citizenship. On that basis, the High Court Sykes v Cleary, had previously held that Dual citizenship, dual citizens are ineligible for election unless they have taken "reasonable steps" to renounce the foreign citizenship before nomination.. Six senators and Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce MP, known as the "Citizenship Seven", were referred to the High Court between August and September in 2017. In Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Australian Federal Election
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 (lower house) and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate (upper house) were up for election. The second-term incumbent minority Liberal/ National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, won a third three-year term by defeating the opposition Australian Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. The Coalition claimed a three-seat majority with 77 seats, Labor finished with 68, whilst the remaining six seats were won by the Australian Greens, Centre Alliance, Katter's Australian Party and three independents. The electoral system of Australia enforces compulsory voting and uses full-preference instant-runoff voting in single-member seats for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Batman
The Division of Batman was an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in the States and territories of Australia, state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It took its name from John Batman, one of the founders of the city of Melbourne. The division was created in 1906, replacing the Division of Northern Melbourne, and was abolished in 2019 and replaced by the Division of Cooper. The division was located in Melbourne's northern suburbs, comprising the entire City of Darebin and parts of City of Yarra and City of Whittlesea at the time of abolition. Held by Labor for all but 10 years Electoral results for the Division of Batman, of its history, Batman traditionally had been a safe Australian Labor Party, Labor seat. However, the Australian Greens, Greens made the seat a contest beginning with the 2010 Australian federal election, 2010 election, where they reduced Labor from a 26.0% margin to a 7.9% margin. Though Labor increased their mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
