This is the transcript from the Hon Kevin Bell’s speech, “‘Housing and human rights”, recorded 19 September 2024 at Per Capita’s John Cain Lunch.
I thank Per Capita for inviting me to speak at the September 2024 John Cain Lunch on the important subject of housing and human rights.
I have very strong memories of John, the 41st premier of Victoria. He was elected the member for Bundoora in 1976 and the opposition leader in 1981. He became premier when the labour government was elected in 1982. He held that high office for three terms of parliament until, following his resignation, he was succeeded, by Joan Kirner. He did not contest the 1992 election, which Labor lost. I saw him frequently in the late 1970s and the early 1980s.