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- Shing, who represents Eastern Victoria in the upper house, has become minister for equality, regional development and water. Dimopoulos, the member for Oakleigh, has taken on the portfolios of tourism, sport, major events and creative industries.
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Jun 27, 2022 · Harriet Shing and Steve Dimopoulos were children when homosexuality was decriminalised in Victoria. But the stigma, and the discrimination, around being gay did not just go away because homosexuality was abolished as a crime.
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Victoria’s first two openly gay ministers, Steve Dimopoulos and Harriet Shing, have officially joined the state’s cabinet. Last week, a group of senior ministers standing down triggered a shake-up of Premier Daniel Andrews’ frontbench.
Jun 28, 2022 · Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ newly-reshuffled cabinet made history, when the state’s first ever out gay cabinet ministers, Harriet Shing and Steve Dimopoulos, were sworn in at Government House on Monday. Shing, member for the Eastern Victoria Region, was sworn in as the Minister For Equality, Water and Regional Development.
Jun 28, 2022 · On Monday, June 27, Steve Dimopoulos and Harriet Shing became the first two openly LGBTQIA+ to be sworn into Victoria’s cabinet, reports Q News. Dimopoulos and Shing were among five ministers to join the cabinet after Premier Daniel Andrews reshuffled the front-bench.
Jun 27, 2022 · Victoria now has 14 women ministers, and Steve Dimopoulos and Harriet Shing are among the state's first openly gay ministers. The opposition is criticising the shift, pointing out the government has had four health ministers in four years.
Jun 24, 2022 · Victoria’s only openly lesbian MP, 45-year-old Harriet Shing is in a long-term relationship with Premier Daniel Andrews’ chief of staff, Lissie Ratcliff.
Feb 9, 2023 · Last year, Labor's Harriet Shing and Steve Dimopoulos became the first openly gay MPs elevated to Victorian cabinet.