List of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology people
Government and law -- Members
Table:
Name

Association with RMIT

Notability

References

Lidia Argondizzo, JP

BBus, MBA

former Member of the Parliament of Victoria

[321]

Stephen Barker

former President [WMC]

former Member of the Parliament of Australia

[300]

Donna Bauer

BComm

former Member of the Parliament of Victoria

[322]

Anthony Carbines, MLA

BA (Journ)

current Member of the Parliament of Victoria

[323]

Dennis Jensen, MP

BAppSci

current Member of the Parliament of Australia

[324][325]

Marlene Kairouz, MLA

Dip Health

current Member of the Parliament of Victoria

[326]

Cyril Kennedy

Dip Art (Advertising)

former Member of the Parliament of Victoria

[327]

The Hon. Catherine King, MP

BA (Social Work) [PIT]

current Member of the Parliament of Australia

[328][329]

Jim Simmonds

attended

former Member of the Parliament of Victoria

[330]

Robert Solly

former President [WMC]

former Member of the Parliament of Victoria

[300]

Nick Wakeling, MLA

Grad Dip IR/HR

current Member of the Parliament of Victoria

[331][332]

Lorraine Wreford

BAppSci

former Member of the Parliament of Victoria

[333]

Jason Wood, MP

Grad Dip Management, MAppSci

current Member of the Parliament of Australia

[334][335]

Leveraging the table as well as the supporting text provided at the end.

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Lidia Serafina Argondizzo ( born 13 October 1960 ) is an Australian politician . She was the Labor Party ( ALP ) member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing Templestowe Province from 2002 to 2006 . Argondizzo was born in Italy , but immigrated to Australia as a child . She attended Preston Girls ' High School and received an MBA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology . After graduating , she was employed by the Victorian Health Department for several years . It was during this period that Argondizzo was elected as a councillor in the City of Northcote in 1987 . She left the Health Department the following year to take up a position as an electorate officer for Giovanni Sgro , an ALP member of the Legislative Council was also in the Party 's left-wing . In 1989 , Argondizzo was elected mayor of the City of Northcote , and got a job as an electorate officer with ALP Senator Barney Cooney . She continued on as a councillor until 1993 . During this period , she made several unsuccessful attempts to secure ALP preselection for a seat in either State or Federal parliament . At one time she was a member of the splinter Left faction the Pledge Left , where she appeared likely to obtain preselection partly due to the support she received from her brother Frank Argondizzo , a then official at the Vehicle Builders Union . Tensions emerged within the Pledge Left about her candidacy and she was not selected as a result .
A justice of the peace ( JP ) is a judicial officer of a lower or puisne court , elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent ) to keep the peace . In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning . Depending on the jurisdiction , such justices dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions . Justices of the peace are appointed or elected from the citizens of the jurisdiction in which they serve , and are ( or were ) usually not required to have any formal legal education in order to qualify for the office . Some jurisdictions have varying forms of training for JPs .
The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria that follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system . It consists of the Queen , represented by the Governor of Victoria , the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council . It has a fused executive drawn from members of both chambers . The Parliament meets at Parliament House in the state capital Melbourne . The current Parliament was elected on 24 November 2018 , sworn in on 19 December 2018 and is the 59th parliament in Victoria . The two Houses of Parliament have 128 members in total , 88 in the Legislative Assembly ( lower house ) and 40 in the Legislative Council ( upper house ) . Victoria has compulsory voting and uses preferential voting in single-member seats for the Legislative Assembly , and single transferable vote in multi-member seats for the proportionally represented Legislative Council . The Council is described as a house of review . Majorities in the Legislative Council are rare , so the government of the day must negotiate with other parties to pass much of its legislative agenda . All members serve four-year terms . The parliament 's functions and processes have evolved over time , undergoing significant changes as Victoria changed from an independent colony to a state within the federated Australia . The Parliament may make laws for any matter within Victoria , subject to the Victorian Constitution .
Stephen Barker ( 1846 - 21 June 1924 ) was an English-born Australian politician . Born in Sussex , he received a primary education before becoming a tailor . He migrated to Australia where he became an organiser of the Tramways Union . He served as secretary of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council from 1901 to 1910 . In 1910 , he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator from Victoria . He was defeated in 1919 , but re-elected in 1922 . However , he died in 1924 , and Joseph Hannan was appointed as his replacement .
The Parliament of Australia ( officially the Federal Parliament , also called the Commonwealth Parliament ) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia . It consists of three elements : the Crown ( represented by the Governor-General ) , the Senate and the House of Representatives . The combination of two elected chambers , in which the members of the Senate represent the states and territories while the members of the House represent electoral divisions according to population , is modelled on the United States Congress . Through both chambers , however , there is a fused executive , drawn from the Westminster system . The upper house , the Senate , consists of 76 members : twelve for each state , and two each for the territories , Northern Territory ( including Christmas Island and the Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands ) and the Australian Capital Territory ( including Norfolk Island and the Jervis Bay Territory ) . Senators are elected using the single transferable vote proportional representation system and as a result , the chamber features a multitude of parties vying for power . The governing party or coalition has not held a majority in the Senate since 1981 ( except between 2005 and 2007 ) and usually needs to negotiate with other parties and Independents to get legislation passed . The lower house , the House of Representatives , currently consists of 151 members , each elected using full-preference instant-runoff voting from single-member constituencies known as electoral divisions ( and commonly referred to as electorates or seats ) . This tends to lead to the chamber being dominated by two major political groups , the centre-right Coalition ( consisting of the Liberal and National Parties ) and the centre-left Labor Party . The government of the day must achieve the confidence of this House in order to gain and remain in power . The House of Representatives has a maximum term of three years , although it can be dissolved early . The Senate has fixed terms , with 36 Senators ' terms expiring every three years ( the terms of the four territory Senators are linked to House elections ) .
Donna Jane Bauer ( born 4 October 1970 ) was the member for Carrum in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014 . She was Deputy Mayor of the City of Kingston , before defeating Jenny Lindell in the 2010 state election . Bauer obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from RMIT and was previously employed as an Corporate Communications Consultant at the City of Greater Dandenong . She is a current ambassador for Bowel Cancer Australia , former ambassador for Bully Zero Australia Foundation , and is a former board member of Frankston Business Network . The 2013 redistribution of Carrum resulted in the removal of beachside suburbs from the electorate , and the extension of the seat into the western parts of the former seat of Cranbourne . This reduced the Liberal margin from 2.0% to an estimated 0.3% , while removing the suburbs of Aspendale , Aspendale Gardens , Edithvale , Chelsea and Chelsea Heights to include Carrum Downs , Sandhurst , Skye and more of Seaford . Donna embarked on the Kokoda trail in July 2013 , initiating the Bauer Kokoda Charity Challenge ' and raising money for charities , Matts Place and Pantry 5000 , where she continues to volunteer . At the 2014 Victorian state election and while battling bowel cancer , Bauer won her primary vote , only losing narrowly by 0.7% after preferences to Labor 's Sonya Kilkenny . Donna Bauer unsuccessfully contested the 2018 Victorian state election .
Anthony Richard Carbines ( born 15 June 1973 ) is an Australian politician , who represents the electoral district of Ivanhoe in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party . He studied journalism at RMIT University , then spent five years as a journalist at the Geelong Advertiser newspaper . Prior to his election , Carbines was chief-of-staff to Labor MP and Minister for Education Bronwyn Pike , whilst also serving as a councillor on the City of Banyule council . In 2009 , he initially lost pre-selection for the seat of Ivanhoe , however this decision was subsequently overturned when the then-premier , John Brumby , personally intervened to pre-select Carbines instead of the sitting MP , Craig Langdon . Langdon subsequently resigned from the parliament with the election a few weeks away . Due to the cost and difficulty involved in holding a by-election , none was called and the seat remained vacant until Carbines was elected . His stepmother is Elaine Carbines , who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council .
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia ; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council . Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street , Melbourne . The presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly is the Speaker . There are presently 88 members of the Legislative Assembly elected from single-member divisions .
Dennis Geoffrey Jensen ( born 28 February 1962 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a former Australian politician . He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2004 federal election , winning the Division of Tangney for the Liberal Party . Jensen lost Liberal preselection for the 2016 federal election , and subsequently resigned from the party to stand as an independent . In August 2017 he joined the fledgling Australian Conservatives party . Jensen has a PhD in materials science from Monash University , and before entering politics worked as a CSIRO researcher . He is known for questioning the anthropogenic causation of climate change .
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Marlene Kairouz ( born 2 March 1975 ) is an Australian politician . She has been a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2008 , and Minister for Consumer Affairs , Gaming and Liquor Regulation since 2016 . Kairouz was born in Melbourne , Victoria , Victoria . Her parents are Maronite Catholics from Lebanon . Kairouz was educated at St Mary 's Primary School in Thornbury from 1980 to 1986 and Santa Maria Girls College , Northcote from 1987 to 1992 . She holds a Diploma of Health , Medical Laboratory Science from RMIT and worked as a histologist prior to working at the Australian Workers ' Union and becoming active in politics . Kairouz was first elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2008 Kororoit by-election , triggered by the resignation of former minister Andre Haermeyer . Prior to entering state politics she was elected to the City of Darebin in 1998 , serving as mayor from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2006 to 2007 . Marlene was an official with the Victorian branch of the Shop Assistants ' Union from 2004 and was promoted to become an organiser in 2005 before her election to Parliament . Kairouz has been a state and national Australian Labor Party conference delegate , and previously served as the Junior Vice President of the Victorian ALP . In Parliament , Kairouz voted against the Assisted Reproduction Bill saying Bringing a child into the world without ever having the opportunity to meet both its parents shows disregard for its wellbeing , its needs and dignity . [ citation needed ] Kairouz was also active opposing abortion laws in Victoria , proposed a twenty-week limit on abortions , which was rejected .
Cyril James Kennedy ( born 28 May 1932 ) is a former Australian politician . Kennedy was born in Ulverstone in Tasmania to Leo Joseph Kennedy , a waterside worker , and Stella Elizabeth Noble . He attended Sacred Heart School and then Ulverstone State School , eventually studying at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology . From 1959 to 1979 he worked in advertising , marketing , photography and insurance , and was president of the Free Education Movement . A Labor Party member from 1960 , he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1979 as the member for Waverley , holding the seat until his defeat at the 1992 state election . Kennedy 's younger brother , Andrew David Kennedy , also served in the Victorian state parliament ( from 1982 to 1992 ) , having earlier sat in the Australian federal parliament ( from 1969 to 1972 ) . The brothers are both fifth-generation descendants ( great-great-great-grandchildren ) of Mannalargenna , a 19th-century Aboriginal Tasmanian leader . Consequently , using certain definitions of Aboriginality , some sources list them as amongst the few Indigenous Australians to have been elected to Australian legislatures . The Kennedys are the only people with acknowledged Aboriginal ancestry to have served in the Victorian state parliament .
The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( abbreviated to The Hon. , Hon . or formerly The Hon'ble - the last term is still used in South Asia ) is an honorific style that is used before the names of certain classes of people .
Catherine Fiona King ( born 2 June 1966 ) is an Australian politician serving as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Ballarat since 2001 . She is a member of the Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) and briefly served as a minister in the Gillard and Rudd Governments in 2013 . She served as Shadow Minister of Heath from 2013 to 2019 , and has served as Shadow Minister for Infrastructure , Transport and Regional Development since 2019 .
James Lionel Simmonds ( 9 October 1926 - 3 March 2007 ) was an Australian politician . He was born in Melbourne to salesman Lionel William Simmonds and Myrtle Evelyn . He attended local state schools and became a toolmaker , with education from Melbourne Technical College . He was also involved in the union movement as a shop steward and branch secretary of the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union . A member of the Labor Party , he was secretary of the Heidelberg West branch and campaign director for the federal seat of Scullin . In 1969 he was elected in a by-election to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Reservoir . He was Labor spokesman on labour and industry from 1970 to 1982 and on consumer affairs from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1982 . From 1982 to 1985 he was Minister for Employment and Training , moving to Local Government in 1985 . He stepped down from the front bench in 1988 and retired from politics in 1992 .
Robert Henry ( Bob ) Solly ( 9 September 1859 - 5 June 1932 ) was an Australian politician . Born in Ramsgate , Kent , to Stephen Solly and Eliza Sage , he received no formal education and worked on a farm and a rope factory . At the age of ten he moved to Newcastle to work in the boot trade , and emigrated to South Australia when he was seventeen . After a year in Adelaide he travelled to New South Wales via Victoria , where he worked as a station hand . After another five-year stint in Adelaide ( during which time , in 1873 , he married Adelaide Mary Graham , with whom he had four children ) , he moved to Collingwood in Melbourne and returned to bootmaking , becoming president of the Bootmakers Union . A founding member of the Labor Party , Solly was a Richmond City Councillor from 1903 to 1909 . In 1904 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Railway Officers , resigning in 1906 to run for the House of Representatives . Having been unsuccessful , he returned to the Assembly via a by-election for the seat of Carlton and served until his death at Carlton in 1932 .
Nicholas Wakeling ( born 6 May 1971 ) is an Australian politician . He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2006 , representing the electorate of Ferntree Gully . He served as Minister for Higher Education and Skills in the Napthine Ministry from March to December 2014 . Before his election , Wakeling was employed as a senior workplace relations advisor .
Lorraine Joan Wreford ( born 10 August 1961 ) is an Australian politician , and was the member of Mordialloc in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014 . She was Mayor of the City of Casey before defeating Janice Munt in the 2010 state election . Wreford attended Sandringham College and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology , subsequently working in the fields of photography and healthcare . She was elected to Casey City Council in 2003 . In 2009 she studied financial services and began a business as a finance broker . She was elected Mayor of Casey in 2010 .
Jason Peter Wood ( born 24 May 1968 ) , Australian politician , was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of La Trobe , Victoria for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election . He held the seat until his defeat at the 2010 federal election . He won the seat back at the 2013 federal election . He had previously stood for the Division of Holt for the Liberal party at the 2001 federal election . Wood was educated at the Chisholm Institute , Swinburne University and RMIT University , Melbourne , and has qualifications in management , including a master 's degree in applied Science ( field innovation service management - counter terrorism ) . He was a Senior Sergeant with the Victoria Police counter-terrorism unit before entering politics .