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Joan Elizabeth Kirner (born 20 June 1938), Australian politician, was the first female Premier of Victoria. Joan Kirner This work is copyrighted. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Premiers of the Australian states are the heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ...

Kirner was born Joan Hood in Melbourne and was educated at state and private schools and at the University of Melbourne, where she graduated in arts and completed a teaching qualification. She taught in state schools and became active in school and parents' organisations. In 1960 she married Ron Kirner, with whom she had three children. She was President of the Victorian Federation of States School Parents' Clubs, an influential education lobby from 1971 to 1977 and its executive officer from 1978 to 1982. She was appointed to several government advisory bodies on education. Jump to: navigation, search Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of 3. ... The University of Melbourne The Old Quad Building, formerly Old Law The University of Melbourne, located in Melbourne, in Victoria, is the second oldest university in Australia, behind the University of Sydney, and is arguably the most prestigious [1]. It is a member of Australias Group of Eight lobby... Jump to: navigation, search 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Kirner joined the Australian Labor Party in 1978 and became a member of its Socialist Left faction. In 1982 she was elected as a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Victorian Parliament. In 1985 she was elected to the Cabinet of John Cain's Labor government and became Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands. The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Cain John Cain (born 26 April 1931), Australian politician, was Labor Premier of the state of Victoria from 1982 to 1990. ...

At the 1988 election Kirner shifted to the Legislative Assembly, becoming MP for Williamstown, and was promoted to the Education portfolio. In this portfolio Kirner carried out a series of controversial reforms aimed at reducing what Kirner saw as the class-based inequity of the education system, culminating in a new system of assessment, the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). Later in 1988 Kirner was elected Deputy Premier. When Cain resigned suddenly in August 1990, Kirner was elected Labor leader and thus became Victoria's first woman Premier. Jump to: navigation, search 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) is the credential given to students who have completed Year 11 and Year 12 of their secondary schooling, in the state of Victoria, Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) is the credential given to students who have completed Year 11 and Year 12 of their secondary schooling, in the state of Victoria, Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

By this time the Labor government elected in 1982 was in deep crisis, with the state's financial institutions on the brink of insolvency, the budget deficit out of control and the Labor Party and its trade union supporters deeply divided on how to respond to the situation. The party hoped that the elevation of a popular woman as its new leader would improve its position, but Kirner never succeeded in gaining control of the crisis into which the state had plunged. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Melbourne's conservative press reacted with hostility to a Premier from the Socialist Left, dubbing her "Mother Russia" and other uncomplimentary names. She was cartooned alternatively as a sinister commissar and as a frumpy housewife in a polkadot dress. She took all this in good humour and gradually won a high degree of respect, although she was unable to restore the government's standing. The Herald Sun is a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that is published by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... Commissar (комисса́р) was an official title used in post-revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union. ...

During 1991 and 1992 Kirner became frustrated at the unwillingness of the unions and the Labor Party factions to allow the Cabinet to respond to the budgetary crisis by cutting government spending. Among her advisors at this time was Steve Bracks, who later succeeded her as MP for Williamstown and who became Premier in 1999. The lessons Bracks learned during the Kirner years contributed to the fiscal conservatism and caution of the Bracks government. Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Steve Bracks Stephen Phillip Bracks (born October 15, 1954), Australian politician, has been Premier of Victoria since 1999. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In October 1992 Kirner faced an election which the opinion polls gave her no chance of winning. She remained personally more popular than the Liberal Opposition Leader, Jeff Kennett, but the electorate accepted Kennett's campaign theme that Labor was the "guilty party" for Victoria's financial woes, and the Liberals won a huge majority. Kirner stayed on as Opposition Leader for a short period, then resigned. She retired from Parliament in 1994. Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... Hon Jeff Kennett Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC (born 2 March 1948), Australian politician, was Premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Since leaving Parliament Kirner has remained active, seeking opportunities to contribute in areas meaningful for herself and the community. Initially this led her to a leading role in the Landcare movement. Subsequently she has devoted her energies to the Australian affiliate of Emily's List, an organisation which promotes women's careers in politics. Kirner was one of the leaders of the movement in the Labor Party to adopt a policy of setting targets for the number of women candidates in winnable electorates. EMILYs List is a political action committee (PAC) existing in the United States and in Australia for female candidates. ...

In 1993 she famously appeared on The Late Show with colleague David White, MLA, in a musical skit performing Joan Jett's I Love Rock And Roll. This brief performance was covered nationally by the media, and is still remembered today. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Late Show was a popular Australian comedy show, which ran for two seasons on the ABC in 1992 and 1993. ... Joan Jett (2003) Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin on September 22, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American rock and roll guitarist, singer, and actress best known for her hit I Love Rock N Roll, which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20th to May 8th, 1982. ...

John Cain John Cain (born 26 April 1931), Australian politician, was Labor Premier of the state of Victoria from 1982 to 1990. ... List of Premiers of Victoria Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Victoria. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Hon Jeff Kennett Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC (born 2 March 1948), Australian politician, was Premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999. ...

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