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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 ...
Political party Est. Leader LGA Ref. AC: Australian Christians: 2011 Mike Crichton Various [13] DEM: Australian Democrats: 1977 Lyn Allison: Various [13] AFP: Australia First Party: 1996 Jim Saleam: Various [13] AFP: Australian Federation Party: 2005 Glenn O'Rourke Various [13] UNI: Australia Multinational Unity INC 2023 Various [14] BATT ...
Pages in category "Political parties in Australia" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A two-party system has existed in the Australian House of Representatives since the two non-Labor parties merged in 1909. The 1910 election was the first to elect a majority government, with the Australian Labor Party concurrently winning the first Senate majority.
Pages in category "Local government political parties in Australia" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Gough Whitlam of the Labor party, that party's longest-serving parliamentary leader Sir Robert Menzies of the Liberal party, Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister. The Australian party system has been described by political scientists as more ideologically driven than other similar anglophone countries such as the United States and Canada ...
Defunct political parties of Australia by state or territory (8 C) A. Political parties in the Australian Capital Territory (1 C, 10 P) N.
This is a list of historical political parties in Australia. These parties are no longer registered or active at a federal, state or federal level. Historical names of defunct and current parties are not included in the list as they are not separate entities.