Liberal Party (Australia)
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The Liberal Party of Australia (Liberals, or LIB for short), in coalition with the National Party of Australia (Nationals, or NAT for short), is a center-right party that is one of the two main political groups in Australian politics (the other being the Social Democratic Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Liberals/Nationals are the more conservative of the two main parties. It was founded by Sir Robert Menzies in 1944. They lost government to the ALP in the Australian federal election held on 24 November 2007. This was after 11 years in government under the previous Liberal leader, John Howard.
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Abbreviation | LP, LIB, LPA[1] |
Leader | Peter Dutton |
Deputy Leader | Sussan Ley |
Senate Leader | Simon Birmingham |
Deputy Senate Leader | Michaelia Cash |
President | John Olsen |
Founder | Robert Menzies[lower-alpha 1] |
Founded | 13 October 1944; 79 years ago (13 October 1944)[lower-alpha 2] |
Preceded by | United Australia |
Headquarters | R. G. Menzies House, Barton, Australian Capital Territory |
Think tank | Menzies Research Centre |
Student wing | Liberal Students' Federation |
Youth wing | Young Liberals |
Women's wing | Federal Women's Committee |
Overseas wing | Australian Liberals Abroad[9] |
Membership (2020) | ![]() |
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Political position | Centre-right |
National affiliation | Liberal–National Coalition |
Regional affiliation | Asia Pacific Democrat Union |
International affiliation | International Democracy Union |
Colours | Blue |
Governing body | Federal Council |
Party branches | |
House of Representatives | 40 / 151 [note 1] |
Senate | 25 / 76 [note 2] |
State and territorial governments | 1 / 8 |
State and territorial lower house members | 166 / 455 |
State upper house members | 41 / 155 |
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The Liberal/National coalition were in control in the Federal Parliament of Australia after beating the ALP during an election on 7 September 2013. They lost control after losing many seats in the 2022 election.
The current party leader is Peter Dutton since 30 May 2022.[19]