Visit a Minister

Do you live in one of these towns or suburbs? We need you!


Below is a list of 206 towns, suburbs or parts of suburbs represented by the Members of Parliament (MPs) who happen to also be the 20 Ministers of the Victorian Government. If you live in one of these suburbs, we need you to visit that Minister during the months of August and September. If your mum or other supportive family member lives there, perhaps you could go with them!

Everyone has one lower house member of Parliament (Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA) for their local electorate, and five upper house members of Parliament (Member of the Legislative Council, or MLC) representing their region. A Minister can be either an MLA or MLC.

The 20 Ministers of the Victorian Government are all members of the Cabinet – the government committee which will make the final policy decision about which of the 130 recommendations made by the Victorian Law Reform Commission “Assisted Reproductive Technology & Adoption” Final Report the Victorian Government will act upon.

We have been told by the MPs who have already received visits from rainbow families, that these face-to-face meetings where people tell their personal story makes a lasting impression.

When the issues are raised in the Cabinet, we want each of the 20 Ministers at the meeting to be able to say that they have meet someone directly affected by the current discriminatory laws in Victoria - a same sex-parented family, or a lesbian, gay or bisexual prospective parent, our children or our extended families – grandparents, aunties, uncles or friends.

 

So what do you do?


We need all of the Ministers to receive visits in August or September if possible. If you find your town or suburb on one of two lists that follow, then follow the steps below.

 

Check if you live here ...


If you live in one of these 156 towns or suburbs, one of your MPs is a Minister in the Victorian Government:

Abbotsford Bentleigh Carnegie Deer Park Glen Waverley Kilsyth South Montrose Olinda South Melbourne Thornbury
Airport West Berwick Caroline Springs Diamond Creek Goornong Laverton North Moonee Ponds Parkville South Yarra Tremont Upwey
Altona Meadows Blackburn Carrum Dunolly Halls Gap Laverton Mordialloc Point Cook St Kilda Wandin East
Altona Blackburn North Castle maine East Melbourne Hampton Long Gully Mount Dandenong Preston Spring Gully Werribee
Ararat Boronia Caulfield Emerald Harcourt Lyndhurst Mount Evelyn Quarry Hill Springvale West Bendigo
Ashburton Bridgewater Chelsea Epsom Hawthorn Lysterfield Mount Waverley Raywood St Albans West Melbourne
Avoca Brighton
 Clayton Essendon West Hoopers Crossing Macclesfield Mulgrave Reservoir St Arnaud White Hills
Avondale Heights Broad meadows Clifton Hill Fawkner Huntly Maldon Narre Warren Richmond Stawell Whittlesea
Axedale Brunswick Coburg Ferntree Gully Ivanhoe Malvern Newmarket Sand ringham Strathdale Williams town
Balwyn Bundoora Colling wood Ferny Creek Kallista Mandurang Newstead Sassafras Strath fieldsaye Yarraville
Bangholme Burnley Coolaroo Fitzroy Kalorama Marong Niddrie Seaford Sunshine  
Beaufort Burwood Craigieburn Flemington Kealba Maryborough Noble Park North Selby Sydenham  
Beaumaris California Gully Cranbourne Flora Hill Keilor East Melbourne Noble Park Seville Syndal  
Bendigo city
 Campbell field Creswick Footscray Keilor Park Menzies Creek North Melbourne Sherbrooke Tecoma  
Bendigo East Carlton North Dallas Frankston Kensington Mill Park Northcote Silvan The Basin  
Bendigo Carlton Dandenong Glen Iris Kew Monbulk Oakleigh Skipton Thomas town  

 

Or here ....


Parts of each of the following 50 towns or suburbs are also included in the electorate of a Minister. If you live in one of these towns or suburbs, visit www.parliament.vic.gov.au/handbook/ and search using your street name to see if you are represented by a Minister:

Altona North Dandenong South Fawkner Golden Square Kangaroo Flat Lynbrook Noble Park Queenscliff
 Tarneit Werribee
Ascot Vale Drysdale Fitzroy North Hadfield Keilor Mitcham Nunawading Roxburgh Park Thomastown  
Belgrave Eaglehawk Forest Hill Hampton Park Keysborough Moolap Ocean Grove Somerton  Tullamarine  
Clifton Springs Epping Glen Waverley Hoppers Crossing Lalor Mount Waverley Point Lonsdale Springvale
 Vermont  
Dandenong North Essendon Glenroy Indented Head Long Gully Newcomb Portarlington St Leonards Werribee South
 

 

Then ...

There are two ways to go.

 

1. If you've never visited an MP before and would like some support, you can fill in our MP Visit Registration Form, and one of our MP Visit Advisers (people who have already visited their MPs) will contact you to give your local Minister's contacts, talk you through the process, give you lots of resources, and be available for debriefing after your visit.

 

2. OR you can simply: download our Handy Hints and Cheat Sheets from our main campaign page, download our Minister Contact Sheet below and go ahead with your visit.

 

 

REMEMBER THAT EVERY VISITS COUNTS!

Visit this website regularly to find out how the campaign is progressing and for an update on the Community Visits tally.

Ministers Contact Sheetdownloads: 1242 | type: pdf | size: 335 kB

If your town or suburb is listed above, visit the Parliamentary website or download this Contact Sheet for a listing of all Ministers in the Victorian Government, their portfolio and local electorate contacts.

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