This article is about the modern Australian political party. For the Australian Liberal party active from 1909 to 1916, see Commonwealth Liberal Party. The Liberal Party of Australia is a political party in Australia. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ...
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Dr. Brendan John Nelson (born 19 August 1958), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Bradfield, New South Wales. ...
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The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. ...
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Capital Canberra Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator none Chief Minister Jon Stanhope (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 2 - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2006) - Product ($m) $19,167 (6th) - Product per capita $57,303/person (1st) Population (End of November 2006) - Population 333,667 (7th) - Density 137. ...
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New Right is used in several countries as a descriptive term for various forms of conservative, right-wing, or self-proclaimed dissident oppositional movements and groups that emerged in the mid- to late twentieth century. ...
The centre-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote political parties or organizations (such as think tanks) that stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. ...
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Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the Liberal Party competes with the Australian Labor Party for political office. In federal politics, the Liberal Party held power since winning government in 1996 after having been in opposition since 1983, and governs in its traditional coalition with the National Party. As of 6 March 2002, one month after the 2002 South Australian election, the Liberals have been in opposition in all six Australian states and two mainland territories. Federal elections were held in Australia on August 21, 1943. ...
The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. ...
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Federal elections were held in Australia on 2 March 1996. ...
The Opposition in Australia fulfils the same function as the official opposition in other Commonwealth of Nations monarchies. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 5 March 1983. ...
The Coalition in Australian politics refers to the grouping of two political parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922, with only brief breaks (e. ...
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...
Legislative elections for Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia on 9 February 2002. ...
The states and territories of Australia make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ...
The coalition was defeated at the 2007 federal election by the Australian Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd. Outgoing Prime Minister John Howard has indicated he will be stepping down regardless of whether he retains his seat of Bennelong, and deputy leader Peter Costello has indicated he will not be contesting the leadership and will retire from parliament at the end of the forthcoming term. Brendan Nelson has taken over the party leadership after defeating Malcolm Turnbull in the vote 45-42, while Julie Bishop won the deputy leadership battle with Christopher Pyne. Turnbull was said to have the larger support from Liberal MPs going in to Thursday's ballot.[1][2] The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia, in which 13. ...
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Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957), is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. ...
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The Division of Bennelong is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ...
Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian politician. ...
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Dr. Brendan John Nelson (born 19 August 1958), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Bradfield, New South Wales. ...
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954), Australian politician, was the Federal Minister for Environment and Water Resources until November 2007. ...
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Hon Christopher Pyne Christopher Maurice Pyne (born 13 August 1967), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Sturt, South Australia. ...
Philosophies Modern Liberalism in Australia is represented in the vast majority by the Liberal Party of Australia, who are generally an advocate of economic rationalism (see New Right). However, during previous Liberal governments, the party was quite interventionist in its economic policy and maintained Australia's high tariff levels. At that time, the Liberals' coalition partner, the Country Party, the older of the two in the coalition (now known as the "National Party"), had considerable influence over the Government's economic policies. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 457 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (902 × 1183 pixel, file size: 285 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Australian Minister of Defense Brendan Nelson at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on June 3, 2006. ...
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Dr. Brendan John Nelson (born 19 August 1958), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Bradfield, New South Wales. ...
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Economic rationalism is an Australian term in discussion of microeconomic policy, applicable to the economic policy of many governments around the world, in particular during the 1980s and 1990s. ...
New Right is used in several countries as a descriptive term for various forms of conservative, right-wing, or self-proclaimed dissident oppositional movements and groups that emerged in the mid- to late twentieth century. ...
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...
Socially, the Liberal Party is a conservative party, although it has a minority socially liberal wing. In recent years, under John Howard, it has moved to a more conservative policy agenda. The party has also adopted a tough policy on unauthorised immigration (see Mandatory detention in Australia). It has also strongly supported Australia's traditional alliances with the United States and the United Kingdom, including support for the Iraq War. Social conservatism generally refers to a political ideology or personal belief system that advocates the conservation or resurrection of what one, or ones community, considers to be traditional morality and social structure. ...
Social liberalism is either a synonym for new liberalism or a label used by progressive liberal parties in order to differentiate themselves from the more conservative liberal parties, especially when there are two or more liberal parties in a country. ...
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History
 Robert Menzies, founder of the Liberal Party of Australia and Prime Minister of Australia 1939-41 ( UAP) and 1949-66 The Liberals' immediate predecessor was the United Australia Party, formed in 1931. The UAP, led by Robert Menzies, disintegrated after suffering a heavy defeat in the 1943 election. More broadly, the party's ideological ancestry stretched back to the anti-Labor groupings in the first Commonwealth Parliaments. The Commonwealth Liberal Party was a fusion of the Free Trade Party and the Protectionist Party in 1909 by second Prime Minister Alfred Deakin in response to Labor's growing electoral prominence. The Commonwealth Liberal Party was replaced by the Nationalist Party of Australia in 1917, which was replaced by the UAP in 1931. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving eighteen and a half years. ...
The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. ...
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Harold Edward Holt CH (5 August 1908 – presumed dead 17 December 1967) was an Australian politician who became the 17th Prime Minister of Australia in 1966. ...
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Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002), Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. ...
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Sir William McMahon, GCMG, CH (23 February 1908 – 31 March 1988), Australian politician and 20th Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, where his father was a lawyer. ...
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John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. ...
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving eighteen and a half years. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on August 21, 1943. ...
The Commonwealth Liberal Party, usually called The Fusion, was a political movement active in Australia shortly after federation. ...
The Free Trade Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ...
Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party formed in 1917 from a merger of pro-conscription members of the Labor Party (who had been operating under the banner National Labor after their earlier split with the Labor party) with the Commonwealth Liberal Party. ...
Menzies called a conference of Conservative parties and other groups opposed to the ruling Australian Labor Party which met in Canberra in October 1944, and again in Albury in December 1944[3] [4]. The formation of the party was formally announced in February 1945. The Liberal Party absorbed several former conservative parties, principally the United Australia Party. The Australian Women's National League, a powerful conservative women's organisation, also merged with the new party. A conservative youth group Menzies had set up, the Young Nationalists, was also merged into the new party. It became the Liberal Party's youth division, the Young Liberals. By September 1945 there were more than 90,000 members, many of whom had not previously been members of any political party. [4] ALP redirects here. ...
Albury is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the Northern side of the Murray River. ...
The Australian Women’s National League was established in 1904. ...
The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party formed in 1917 from a merger of pro-conscription members of the Labor Party (who had been operating under the banner National Labor after their earlier split with the Labor party) with the Commonwealth Liberal Party. ...
The Young Liberal Movement, or the Young Liberals, is the youth-division of the Liberal Party of Australia, and membership is open to those between 16 and 30 years of age. ...
After an initial failure to defeat Labor at the 1946 election, Menzies led the Liberals to victory at the 1949 election, and they stayed in office for a record 23 years. After the retirement of Menzies in 1966 and the death of his successor, Harold Holt, in 1967, the Liberals went into decline, and were defeated by Labor under Gough Whitlam in 1972. After the dismissal of 1975 they returned to office under the Government of Malcolm Fraser, and stayed in power for eight years. Losing government in 1983 to the ALP led by Bob Hawke, the Liberals lost five elections in a row under four different leaders before returning to power in 1996 under John Howard. Federal elections were held in Australia on September 28, 1946. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on December 10, 1949. ...
Harold Edward Holt CH (5 August 1908 – presumed dead 17 December 1967) was an Australian politician who became the 17th Prime Minister of Australia in 1966. ...
Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), is an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The secretary of the Governor-General, David Smith, announcing the dissolution of Parliament on November 11th, 1975. ...
This article is about the former prime minister of Australia; for the Western Australian public servant, see Malcolm Fraser (surveyor). ...
Robert James Lee (Bob) Hawke, AC (born 9 December 1929) was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia after previously being an Australian trade union leader. ...
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ...
At the state level, the Liberals have been dominant for long periods in all states except Queensland, where they have always held fewer seats than the National Party (not to be confused with the old Nationalist Party). The Liberals were in power in Victoria from 1955 to 1982. Initially a Liberal and Country Party affiliated party, the Liberal and Country League reigned in South Australia from 1932 to 1965. The similarly dual aligned Country Liberal Party ruled the Northern Territory from 1972 to 2001. Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd...
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...
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The Liberal and Country League (LCL) was a major political party in South Australia throughout its forty year existence. ...
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In Australian politics, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) is the Northern Territory equivalent to the Liberal and National parties. ...
For similar terms, see Northern Territories (disambiguation) Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Motto(s): none Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 2 - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2004...
Since the 1980s, however, the Liberals have become increasingly unsuccessful in state elections. The Liberals have not won any state election since the 1997 South Australian state election and, since 6 March 2002, one month after the 2002 South Australian state election, all Australian states and territories have had Labor governments. Legislative elections for State Parliament were held in South Australia on 11 October 1997. ...
Legislative elections for State Parliament were held in South Australia on 9 February 2002. ...
Throughout their history, the Liberals have been in electoral terms largely the party of the middle class (whom Menzies, in the era of the party's formation called "the forgotten people"), though such class-based voting patterns are no longer as clear as they once were. In the 1970s a left-wing middle class emerged that no longer voted Liberal. One effect of this was the success of a breakaway party, the Australian Democrats, founded in 1977 by former Liberal minister Don Chipp and members of minor liberal parties; other members of the left-leaning section of the middle-class became Labor supporters. On the other hand, the Liberals have done increasingly well among socially conservative working-class voters in recent years. In country areas they either compete or have a truce with the Nationals, depending on various factors. The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party which was formed in 1977 through a merger of the Australia Party and the Liberal Movement after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp as a high-profile leader[1]. The new party was based...
Don Chipp Donald Leslie Chipp (21 August 1925 – 28 August 2006) was an Australian politician, and founder of the Australian Democrats. ...
The Liberal Party is a member of the International Democrat Union. Strong opposition to socialism and communism in Australia and internationally was one of the foundation principles of the Liberal Party. Anti-communism was successfully exploited through the 1950s and 1960s by Menzies and his political successors. Menzies went so far as to attempt to ban the Communist Party in 1951. Menzies was an ardent royalist, devoted to maintaining Australia as a constitutional monarchy. Today the party is divided on the monarchy, with some, such as Peter Costello and Malcolm Turnbull, being minimalist republicans while others, such as John Howard and Tony Abbott remain monarchists. The Liberals have also sought to portray themselves as the party most committed to the alliance with the United States. The International Democrat Union (IDU) is an international grouping of conservative, nationalist, classical liberal, anti-Communist and some Christian democratic political parties. ...
Socialism is a broad array of ideologies and political movements with the goal of a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. ...
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The Communist Party of Australia was founded in 1920 and dissolved in 1991. ...
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Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian politician. ...
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954), Australian politician, was the Federal Minister for Environment and Water Resources until November 2007. ...
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Domestically, Menzies presided over a fairly regulated economy in which utilities were publicly owned, and commercial activity was highly regulated through centralised wage-fixing and high tariff protection. It was not until the late 1970s and through their period out of power federally in the 1980s that the party came to be influenced by what was known as the "New Right" - a Thatcher-inspired or neo-liberal group who advocated market deregulation, privatisation of public utilities, reductions in the size of government programs and tax cuts. This program has been largely implemented since the election of the Howard government in 1996, although certain reforms were preempted by the Hawke and Keating Labor governments of 1983-96. Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank Money supply Fiscal policy Spending Deficit Debt Trade policy Tariff Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate Personal Public Banking Regulation For other uses of this word, see tariff (disambiguation). ...
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and to date only woman to hold either post. ...
The term neoliberalism is used to describe a political-economic philosophy that had major implications for government policies beginning in the 1970s – and increasingly prominent since 1980 – that de-emphasizes or rejects positive government intervention in the economy, focusing instead on achieving progress and even social justice by...
Socially, while liberty and freedom of enterprise form the basis of its beliefs, elements of the party have wavered between what is termed "small-l liberalism" and social conservatism. John Howard, is regarded as socially conservative. His most likely successor, Peter Costello, is in some respects more liberal. Some Liberal state governments have also been more liberal, particularly in Victoria and South Australia. The term small-l liberal, or wet, or moderate is used, particularly in reference to Australian and Canadian politics, to distinguish between holders of an ideology of liberalism and adherents to either the Liberal Party of Australia or the Liberal Party of Canada (capital L). ...
The Liberal Party's organisation is dominated by the six state divisions, reflecting the party's original commitment to a federalised system of government (a commitment which was strongly maintained by all Liberal governments until 1983, but has been to a large extent abandoned by the Howard government, which has shown strong centralising tendencies). Menzies deliberately created a weak national party machine and strong state divisions. Party policy is made almost entirely by the parliamentary parties, not by the party's rank-and-file members, although Liberal party members do have a degree of influence over party policy.
In the 2004 Federal elections the party strengthened its majority in the Lower House and, with its coalition partners, became the first federal government in twenty years to gain an absolute majority in the Senate. This control of both houses permitted their passing of legislation without the need to negotiate with independents or minor parties, exemplified by industrial relations legislation known as WorkChoices. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ...
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Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ...
WorkChoices, or the Workplace Relations Act 1996 as amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Workchoices) Act 2005, came into effect in March 2006. ...
However, Australia's states and territories all now have Australian Labor Party state governments, and state and territory Liberal and National Oppositions may have been adversely influenced by the unpopularity of some Howard administration policies. The 2007 federal election has also seen the defeat of the Howard federal government, and the Coalition will now be in power nowhere in Australia at the state or federal level. ALP redirects here. ...
The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia, in which 13. ...
The Liberal Party does not officially contest most local government elections, although many members do run for office in local government as independents. An exception is the Brisbane City Council, where both Sallyanne Atkinson and Campbell Newman (the current incumbent) have been elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane. Image:Brisbane flag. ...
Sallyanne Atkinson is an Australian politician, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane and chair of ABC Learning, Australias leading childcare operator. ...
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This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the City of Brisbane , Queensland, Australia, a Local Government Area covering much of the urban area in the Brisbane River valley. ...
In 2007, the Liberal Party again went into opposition, after losing the election to the ALP under Kevin Rudd. Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957), is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. ...
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See also: List of Liberal Party of Australia leaders by time served Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving eighteen and a half years. ...
Harold Edward Holt CH (5 August 1908 – presumed dead 17 December 1967) was an Australian politician who became the 17th Prime Minister of Australia in 1966. ...
Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002), Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. ...
Sir William McMahon, GCMG, CH (23 February 1908 – 31 March 1988), Australian politician and 20th Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, where his father was a lawyer. ...
Rt Hon Billy Snedden Sir Billy Mackie Snedden (31 December 1926 _ 27 June 1987), Australian Liberal politician, was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of a stonemason. ...
This article is about the former prime minister of Australia; for the Western Australian public servant, see Malcolm Fraser (surveyor). ...
Andrew Sharp Peacock AC (born 13 February 1939), Australian Liberal politician, was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a wealthy company director. ...
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ...
Andrew Sharp Peacock AC (born 13 February 1939), Australian Liberal politician, was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a wealthy company director. ...
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Alexander John Gosse Downer, MP (born 9 September 1951), Australian politician, became Foreign Minister of Australia in March 1996 This makes him the longest serving Foreign Minister in Australian history. ...
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ...
Dr. Brendan John Nelson (born 19 August 1958), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Bradfield, New South Wales. ...
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Current Liberal State and Territory Parliamentary Leaders Bill Stefaniak is an Australian politician. ...
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Barry OFarrell (born 24 May 1959) is an Australian politician, Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party, member for the state seat of Ku-ring-gai in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Opposition Leader of New South Wales. ...
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Bruce Flegg Dr Bruce Flegg (born 10 March 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales) is the Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party and Shadow Treasurer in the Queensland Parliament. ...
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Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...
Paul Domenic Omodei (born 26 May 1950), Australian politician, is the current leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia. ...
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Tasmania Sir Thomas Playford KCMG (July 5, 1896 – 16 June 1981) served as Premier of South Australia from November 5, 1938 to March 10, 1965, which at 26 years and 125 days, remains a British Commonwealth record for the longest time someone has served as a democratically elected national or regional...
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Sir Henry Edward Bolte (20 May 1908 - 4 January 1990), Australian politician, was the longest serving Premier of the state of Victoria. ...
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Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, AK, KCMG, OBE (Mil) (born September 29, 1911), Australian politician, was Premier of Western Australia between 1974 and 1982. ...
Raymond James OConnor (born 1926) was the Liberal Party Premier of Western Australia from January 25, 1982 until February 25, 1983. ...
Richard Fairfax Court AC (born Nedlands, September 27, 1947), was Liberal Party Premier of Western Australia between 1993 and 2001. ...
See also In Australian politics, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) is the Northern Territory equivalent to the Liberal and National parties. ...
The Young Liberal Movement, or the Young Liberals, is the youth-division of the Liberal Party of Australia, and membership is open to those between 16 and 30 years of age. ...
The history of Australia began when people first migrated to the Australian continent from the north, at least 40,000-45,000 years ago. ...
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This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series References A page examining the divergence between the Australian Liberal Party and liberals from ozpolitics. ...
Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. ...
The centre-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote political parties or organizations (such as think tanks) that stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. ...
Further reading - Gerard Henderson, Menzies' Child: The Liberal Party of Australia 1944-1994, Allen and Unwin, 1994
- Dean Jaensch, The Liberals, Allen and Unwin, 1994
- John Nethercote (ed.), Liberalism and the Australian Federation, Federation Press, 2001
- Marian Simms, A Liberal Nation: The Liberal Party and Australian Politics, Hale and Iremonger, 1982
- Graeme Starr, The Liberal Party of Australia: A Documentary History, Drummond/Heinemann, 1980
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is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
External links - Liberal Party of Australia official site
- Official Myspace
- Liberal Party of Australia ephemera digitised and held by the National Library of Australia
- Records of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party held at the University of Melbourne Archives
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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ...
Type Bicameral Houses House of Representatives Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives David Hawker, Liberal Party since 16 November 2004 President of the Senate Alan Ferguson, Liberal Party since 14 August 2007 Members 226 (150 Representatives, 76 Senators) Political groups Liberal Party ALP National Party Country Liberal Party Greens...
Type Lower house Speaker of the House David Hawker, Liberal since November 16, 2004 Members 150 Political groups Liberal Party (74) ALP (60) National Party (12) Country Liberal Party (1) Last elections 9 October 2004 Meeting place Parliament House, Canberra, ACT Web site House of Representatives Entrance to the House...
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In Melbourne, the Federal Court is housed with other federal courts such as the High Court and the Federal Magistrates Court in the Federal Court Building on the corner of La Trobe Street and William Street The Federal Court of Australia is the Australian court in which most civil disputes...
Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, in 1952 and 2002 The title Queen of Australia has existed since 1973, when the Parliament of Australia passed the Royal Style and Titles Act (1973). ...
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. ...
The Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. ...
Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard with his Cabinet in 1999 The Cabinet of Australia is the council of senior ministers, responsible to parliament. ...
The Federal Executive Council is the formal body holding executive authority under the Australian Constitution. ...
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This article deals with elections to the Australian Parliament. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on October 25, 1969. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 2 December 1972. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 18 May 1974. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 December 1975. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 December 1977. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 18 October 1980. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 5 March 1983. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 1 December 1984. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 11 July 1987. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 24 March 1990. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 March 1993. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 2 March 1996. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 3 October 1998. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. ...
Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ...
The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia, in which 13. ...
The states and territories of Australia make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ...
Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...
Capital Canberra Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator none Chief Minister Jon Stanhope (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 2 - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2006) - Product ($m) $19,167 (6th) - Product per capita $57,303/person (1st) Population (End of November 2006) - Population 333,667 (7th) - Density 137. ...
Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, October 16, 2004. ...
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
Elections for the 54th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 24 March 2007. ...
Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...
A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia, on June 18, 2005. ...
Queensland Government Logo The Government of Queensland is commonly known as the Queensland Government. ...
An election was held in the Australian state of Queensland on 9 September 2006 to elect the 89 members of the states Legislative Assembly, after being announced by Premier Peter Beattie on 15 August 2006. ...
The form of the Government of South Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
The general election for the 51st Parliament of South Australia was held in the state of South Australia on 18 March 2006, and was conducted by the independent State Electoral Office. ...
Tasmanian Coat of Arms featuring two Thylacines The form of the Government of Tasmania is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
A general election for the House of Assembly (lower house) were held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 18 March 2006, the same day as the South Australian elections. ...
The form of the Government of Victoria is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1855, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
A general election for the 56th Parliament of Victoria took place on Saturday, 25 November 2006. ...
The formation of the Government of Western Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1890, although it has been amended many times since then. ...
A general election was held for parliamentary seats in the Australian state of Western Australia on Saturday 26 February 2005. ...
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