Jill Hennessy has been a Labor Party Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since February 2010, representing the seat of Altona. She was minister for health in the Daniel Andrews ministry from December 2014 to November 2018, and was attorney-general from November 2018 to December 2020—the second female attorney-general in Victoria’s history. On 16 December 2020, she announced she would step down from the role of attorney-general, effective immediately, to spend more time with her family, but would stay in parliament and recontest her seat at the next federal election. Hennessy graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws. She also holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Melbourne. In 2016, she was awarded the Thornett Award for Promotion of Reason by the Australian Skeptics, for ‘courageously facing down those who misrepresent and mislead the public in their promotion of dodgy medical claims and practices’.
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Book Launch: Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond
Melbourne Holocaust Museum
13 – 15 Selwyn St, Elsternwick, Victoria
Please join Freda Hodge and acclaimed scholar Professor Emeritus Paul Bartrop for the book launch of Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond, at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM). ...
$10
Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)
Kambri Cultural Centre
153 University Avenue, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Isabelle Reinecke will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on Courting Power: Law, Democracy & the Public Interest in Australia. In Courting Power, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of public interest litigation incubator Grata...
Book Launch – Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art (Melbourne)
Storey Hall
Building 16, RMIT University, 336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
Join us to celebrate the book launch of Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art by Tristen Harwood, Grace McQuilten and Anthony White. The event will feature short readings...
Book Launch: Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond
Melbourne Holocaust Museum 13 – 15 Selwyn St, Elsternwick, VictoriaPlease join Freda Hodge and acclaimed scholar Professor Emeritus Paul Bartrop for the book launch of Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond, at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM). ...
Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)
Kambri Cultural Centre 153 University Avenue, Australian National University, Canberra, ACTIsabelle Reinecke will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on Courting Power: Law, Democracy & the Public Interest in Australia. In Courting Power, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of public interest litigation incubator Grata...
Book Launch – Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art (Melbourne)
Storey Hall Building 16, RMIT University, 336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne, VICJoin us to celebrate the book launch of Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art by Tristen Harwood, Grace McQuilten and Anthony White. The event will feature short readings...
