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The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right [16] [17] political party in Australia. [18] It is one of the two major parties in Australian politics, the other being the Australian Labor Party. The Liberal Party was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Australia Party.
The politics of Australia has a mild two-party system, with two dominant political groupings in the Australian political system, the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal/National Coalition. Federally, 17 of the 151 members of the lower house (Members of Parliament, or MPs) are not members of major parties, as well as 21 of the 76 members of ...
The Leader of the Liberal Party, also known as Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party, is the highest office within the Liberal Party of Australia and the Liberal–National Coalition. The position is currently, and has been since 30 May 2022, held by Peter Dutton, who represents the Division of Dickson in Queensland.
During Eastick's leadership, the Liberal and Country League assembled at a meeting of the State Council on 22 July 1974 to rename itself to "Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)". [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The renaming initiative was welcomed by federal Liberal leader and opposition leader Billy Snedden , who was present at the meeting.
This is a list of articles for the official state and territorial party organisations (or equivalents) of the Liberal Party of Australia. [1] Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division) Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) Liberal National Party (Queensland)
The current leader of the faction is Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton. [ 21 ] [ failed verification ] As of the 2022 Australian federal election , the National Right is the Liberal Party's largest faction, with 27 of 65 Liberal MPs aligned with the faction.
The President of the Liberal Party of Australia is a senior position within the federal party.A member of both the party's two governing bodies (Federal Council, Federal Executive), the position was established at the same time as the party's foundation.
A leadership election of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 30 May 2022, [1] following the defeat of the Scott Morrison government at the 2022 federal election and the resignation of Morrison as party leader. [2] The newly elected leader would become Leader of the Opposition to the Labor Party government of Anthony Albanese.