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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 ...
This is a list of ruling political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country. A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around special issues with the aim to participate in ...
List of left-wing political parties; List of major liberal parties considered centre-left; List of political parties by region; List of pro-European political parties; List of pro-Russian political parties; List of right-wing political parties; List of ruling political parties by country; List of social conservative political parties
The Liberal Party of Australia is a party of the centre-right which broadly represents businesses, the middle classes and many rural people. Its permanent coalition partner at national level is the National Party of Australia, formerly known as the Country
The Whitlam government legislated the use of "Government of Australia" in 1973 in line with its policy of promoting national goals and aspirations. [ b ] [ 20 ] [ 16 ] However, academic Anne Twomey argues that the government was also motivated by a desire to blur the differences between the Commonwealth and the states in an attempt to increase ...
On 16 July 2023, all state party branches, with the exception of New South Wales, formally changed their names to the Libertarian Party. [57] In October 2023, the party also applied for party registration federally with the AEC under the new party name. [58] The federal party registration was approved on 12 January 2024. [59]
The first three national elections resulted in minority governments. The world’s first ever Labor Party Prime Minister took office in Australia in 1904, though Labor governed in minority. The first majority government was formed in 1909, when the Protectionist Party merged with the Free Trade Party in an anti-socialist alliance.
No Party Alignment: MLA for Dalhousie (1867–1874) 19 June 1871 10 June 1872 357 days 1871 259. VIC: Richard Heales (1822–1864) No Party Alignment: MLA for East Bourke Boroughs (1859–1864) 26 November 1860 14 November 1861 353 days 1859: 260. VIC: Allan McLean (1840–1911) Non-Party Liberalism: MLA for Gippsland North (1880–1901) 5 ...