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Minister For Multicultural Affairs (Victoria)
The Minister for Multicultural Affairs is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria The Cabinet of Victoria is the main organ of the Victorian Government. Cabinet ministers undertake responsibilities inline with their portfolio area and are responsible for the subordinate government departments relevant to their ministry posit .... Ministers for Multicultural Affairs Reference list {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub Multicultural Affairs 1996 establishments in Australia Ministries established in 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Stitt
Ingrid Stitt (born 1965/1966) is an Australian politician. She has been a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), 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. Stitt is a member of the Labor Left faction of the Labor Party. Early life Stitt was born in the United Kingdom to 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. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Labor Left politicians Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Ministers for the environment (Victoria) Women membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Bracks
Stephen Phillip Bracks (born 15 October 1954) is a former Australian politician and was the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party and was party leader and premier from 1999 to 2007. Bracks led Labor in Victoria to minority government at the 1999 election, defeating the incumbent Jeff Kennett Liberal and National coalition government. Labor was returned with a majority government after a landslide win at the 2002 election. Labor was elected for a third term at the 2006 election with a substantial but reduced majority. The treasurer, John Brumby, became Labor leader and premier in 2007 when Bracks retired from politics. Bracks is the third-longest-serving Labor premier in Victorian history, surpassed only by John Cain Jr. and Daniel Andrews. Bracks has served as the 6th Chancellor of Victoria University since 2021. Early life Steve Bracks was born in Ballarat, where his family owns a fashion business. He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government with the rank of a normal minister but who doesn't head a ministry ** Shadow minister, a member of a Shadow Cabinet of the opposition ** Minister (Austria) * Minister (diplomacy), the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador * Ministerialis, a member of a noble class in the Holy Roman Empire * ''The Minister'', a 2011 French-Belgian film directed by Pierre Schöller See also *Ministry (other) *Minster (other) *''Yes Minister ''Yes Minister'' is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Comprising three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister'', ran for 16 episodes f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Brooks (politician)
Colin William Brooks (born 9 January 1970) is an Australian politician. He has been a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2006, representing the electorate of Electoral district of Bundoora, Bundoora. He is currently the Minister for Housing and Minister for Multicultural Affairs since December 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 Ashfield, De La Salle College in Ashfield, New South Wales, Ashfield before receiving an electrical trades certificate from Petersham, New South Wales, 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 Australian Labor Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ros Spence
Rosalind Louise Spence (born 16 December 1970) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing Yuroke from 2014 to 2022, then Kalkallo from 2022 onwards. Early life, education and career Spence was raised in Eltham and graduated from Eltham High School in 1988. She later graduating with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tasmania in 2002. Prior to her election to Parliament, Spence worked as an electorate officer to various state and federal Members of Parliament, as operations manager for the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party, and as a volunteer solicitor at the Broadmeadows Legal Centre. Political career From 2008 to 2012, Spence served as a Councillor in the City of Hume, including as Mayor between 2011 and 2012. In 2013, she was selected as the Labor candidate for the seat of Yuroke and was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wynne
Richard William Wynne (born 6 October 1955) is a former Australian politician. He was a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2022, representing the electorate of Electoral district of Richmond (Victoria), Richmond. He served as the Minister for Planning (Victoria), Minister for Planning between December 2014 and June 2022 and the Victorian Minister for Housing, Minister for Housing between November 2018 and June 2022. He also served as Minister for Multicultural Affairs (Victoria), Minister for Multicultural Affairs between November 2018 and March 2020. Wynne previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Justice (1999–2002), Cabinet Secretary (2002–2006), Minister for Housing (Victoria), Minister for Housing (2006–2010), Minister for Local Government (Victoria), Minister for Local Government (2006–2010) and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (Victoria), Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (2007–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Scott (Victorian Politician)
Robin David Scott (born 23 January 1973) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2006 and 2022, representing the seat of Preston. Early life Scott was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and received a Bachelor of Arts majoring in politics from La Trobe University. Scott was later hired in 1996 as an electorate officer, with Scott becoming secretary of the party's Preston branch. Political career In 2006, Robin Scott was selected as the Labor candidate for Preston, a safe seat being vacated by sitting member Michael Leighton Michael W. Leighton (born May 19, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators, Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes. Play .... Scott has represented the seat since. Scott served as Victorian Labor's Shadow Minister for Finance and WorkCover after their loss at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Jason Guy
Matthew Jason Guy (born 6 March 1974) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006, representing the Northern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council (2006–2014) and Bulleen in the Legislative Assembly (2014–present). He was Leader of the Opposition in Victoria and state leader of the Liberal Party from 2014 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2022, having resigned following his respective losses in the 2018 and 2022 Victorian state elections. Early life Guy was born on 6 March 1974 in Greensborough, Victoria. He is of Ukrainian descent on his maternal side; his mother was born in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and arrived in Australia in 1949 with her parents as displaced persons. Guy has a Bachelor of Arts in politics and history from La Trobe University and completed postgraduate studies in Ukrainian language and culture at Monash University. According to a 2013 ''Herald-Sun'' profile, he "speaks Ukrainian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Kotsiras
Nicholas Kotsiras (born 13 March 1959, in Greece) is an Australian politician, and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party from 1999 to 2014. He was first elected after defeating former member David Perrin for Liberal preselection in 1999. Kotsiras is a Collingwood Magpies and a South Melbourne FC South Melbourne Football Club is an Australian semi-professional Association football, soccer club based in suburb of Albert Park, Victoria, Albert Park, in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club currently competes in the National P ... supporter. References Maiden speech 1959 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Politicians from Melbourne Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Greek emigrants to Australia Ministers for multicultural affairs (Victoria) Ministers for energy and resources (Victoria) {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...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. Early life Brumby was born in Melbourne on 21 April 1953. He is one of four children born to Alison Aird and Malcol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Kennett
Jeffrey Gibb Kennett (born 2 March 1948) is an Australian former politician who served as the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999, Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party from 1982 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1999, and the Member for Burwood from 1976 to 1999. He is currently a media commentator. He was previously the president of the Hawthorn Football Club, from 2005 to 2011 and again from 2017 to 2022. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national mental health advocacy organisation. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
