ENG: John Mansfield Brumby, MLA (born 21 April 1953), Australian Labor Party politician, is the 45th Premier of Victoria, assuming office on 30 July 2007 after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also serves as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He will be contesting his first election as Premier at the November 2010 Victorian state election.
Early life
Brumby was born in Melbourne and educated at Ivanhoe Grammar School and then later, Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in Commerce (BCom) in 1974, and at the State College of Victoria at Rusden, where he completed a Diploma of Education (DipEd) in 1975. He was a teacher at Eaglehawk High School, in Bendigo in central Victoria, from 1976 to 1979. From ...
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John Brumby humorously says Emirates is almost a Victorian airline; it has become so intertwined with the Victorian community.
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FORMER premier John Brumby has backed changes made to the urban growth boundary by the Baillieu Government. This is despite claims by Labor that Melbourne's green wedges would fall victim to development.
Mr Brumby, speaking at the Grattan Institute last night, said the Baillieu Government's planning policy was similar to his one.
"The policy remains broadly unchanged, I think going forward, subject to some fine tuning," he said.
Mr Brumby said his government had attempted to encourage development near existing transport, such as the ill-fated Camberwell station project.
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Four-year fixed terms were always going to make this November's state election something of a campaign marathon. Knowing exactly where the finish line is allows for a tactical race, with long-term strategy based on a certainty that is absent when an election date is at the whim and will of the party in power.
But then came a federal election that went into extra-time. There was the agonising vote counts, the protracted negotiations over who would form government — and there was Rob Oakeshott's speech. The poll was exactly a month ago and the air has yet to be cleared for state ...
Victorian Premier John Brumby has been undermined by one of his own ministers, who says an euthanasia debate should be back on the state parliament's agenda.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has vowed to give her Labor colleagues a conscience vote in the federal parliament on a Greens proposal to let the territories legalise euthanasia.
On Monday, Mr Brumby said legalising euthanasia was not on the Victorian government's agenda.
But on Wednesday, Children and Early Childhood Development Minister Maxine Morand said she wanted another debate on the issue.
A private member's bill ...
John Brumby Appointed To Chair COAG Reform Council Former Victorian Labor Premier John Brumby has been appointed to chair the COAG Reform Council. The appointment was announced today by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Brumby Maintains Tied Result Most Likely; Opposition Says It’s Ready To Govern Following counting of pre-poll votes in Bentleigh late this afternoon, the Liberal Party's candidate, Elizabeth Miller, leads the ALP's Rob Hudson by 423 votes. Most observers now agree that the coalition has won 45 seats in the Legislative Assembly and is able to form a government with a one-seat majority. It is unlikely that Brumby will concede defeat until late tomorrow after counting of pre-poll votes in other seats. Listen to John Brumby and Peter Ryan press conferences.
The March of Political Time The bulk of Australia's federal and state governments since 1901 have enjoyed remarkable longevity. In recent times it appears that the electoral survival of governments has become harder. Malcolm Farnsworth sifts some of the figures.