10,523 people who live in this electorate owe their livelihoods to tourism - 12.3% of jobs are directly attributed to tourism.
St Kilda Beach
The TTF Tourism Employment Atlas 2008 breaks down overall employment statistics, and determines the proportion of jobs directly attributable to tourism for each of the 150 Commonwealth Electoral Divisions.
The Member for Melbourne Ports, Michael Danby, said he was delighted with the findings but not at all surprised.
"Melbourne Ports is a fabulous tourist destination offering diverse, iconic Australian experiences for all age groups such as the Botanical Gardens in South Yarra.
There is the cosmopolitan, village feel of Elwood and Albert Park Lake Precinct and live music venues such as "The Espy" Palace, and Prince of Wales. 
The Esplanade Hotel then...
and now
People come for Luna Park, St Kilda beach, the pier and kiosk together with the bike and walking paths they have made Melbourne Ports one of the most tourist friendly electorates in Australia
We offer cultural diversity such as Russian delicacy shops in Carlisle street, while Balaclava road, Glenhuntly road and Glen Eira road are the heart and souls of our migrant communities.
There are fine dining experiences, art galleries, luxury sea baths and local spas and lets not forget the cakes shops of Acland Street" Mr Danby said.
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Cake shop on Acland Street
"Melbourne Ports is unique; it offers people the chance to experience Australian icons, and I am very proud that it has been given its rightful recognition as a tourist destination and that its diversity and attractions, pubs and restaurants provide employment for local residents and a boost to the loca and national economy."
TTF Managing Director Christopher Brown said the Tourism Atlas released today breaks employment down into electorates, as well as categorising jobs by industry, showing just how integral tourism is to the national economy.
"Tourism is a key economic driver for the nation, especially in many rural and regional areas," Mr Brown said, "and employs more than 480,000 people around Australia."
Luna Park
"It earns us over $22 billion a year in exports - more than coal, or beef, wool and wheat combined.
"In addition, Tourism Research Australia has identified an additional 351,000 jobs across the country indirectly attributable to tourism. 
The St Kilda Botanical Gardens
"These include jobs that people wouldn't automatically think of as being tourism-related: construction workers building hotels, dairy farmers producing milk consumed by tourists, computer programmers designing reservation systems and the lawyers, bankers and accountants who service tourism clients."
St Kilda Esplanade
St Kilda Pier
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Liberal Opportunism in Terror Convictions
The successful conviction of Benbrika and 5 of his associates should be marked as a positive achievement in the lawful pursuit of terrorists (or would be terrorists) (click here). This is particularly so given the recent failed trials in the United States and the United Kingdom. It therefore disappointing that the Opposition sought to turn this successful development in the anti-terrorist struggle into a partisan point scoring.
No-one doubts Malcolm Turnbull or the Opposition's support for the anti-terrorism legislation. But in his speech after question time, the Member for Wentworth (Turnbull) cited defence counsel Rob Stary, who like his colleague, Greg Barnes (another Barrister for the convicted terrorists) is ideologically opposed to the non-partisan anti-terrorist legislation. Both Stary and Barnes made political attacks on the legislation at the conclusion of the trial.
For the Opposition to be citing them as grounds for scoring points off the Government is to unintentionally assist those who for political or ideological reasons want to de-authorise and delegitimise the non-partisan terror legislation.
I outline these arguments in a speech to parliament a few hours ago (click here).
Michael Danby MP, Chair of the Australia-US Parliamentary Friendship Group, spoke on the current state of relations between Australia and the United States. To read his remarks to Parliament, please click here.
Defamation Bigotry and Censorship
Mr Danby responded today in the House of Representatives to malicious claims made by "The Age" on the 21st of June. He reminded the public of their record of Defamation, Bigotry and Censorship under Editor Andrew Jaspan. The speech was made this morning hours before Jaspan was sacked. Click here.
Please click here to see a video clip of the shloshim for Rabbi Y D Groner z'l as well as Michael's tribute to the Rabbi in Parliament House.
Even the conservative Asian Wall Street Journal editorial page was forced to concede that Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard made a strong and positive impression in an address to key American policy makers in Washington. To read her speech please click here.
Michael Danby supports Mia Farrows's call for the UN Security Council to endorse its indictment of leading Sudanese officials responsible for the humanitarian disaster in Darfur (Western Sudan)
Read what the Asian Wall Street Journal commissioned but didn't publish.... Click here
Clive James, one of Australia's most celebrated expatriates penned the following poem in the Australian Literary Review. September 7 2007
If the Grand Prix Corporation insists on holding the race at night Michael Danby says to Bernie Ecclestone thank you, please go away.
