The Liberal Party of Australia is one of the two major Australian political parties. Founded a year after the 1943 election to replace the United Australia Party (UAP) and its predecessors, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office. Federally, the Liberal Party runs in a Coalition with the National Party, the Nationals' Northern Territory branch the Country Liberal Party, and Queensla...
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The Liberal Party of Australia is one of the two major Australian political parties. Founded a year after the 1943 election to replace the United Australia Party (UAP) and its predecessors, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office. Federally, the Liberal Party runs in a Coalition with the National Party, the Nationals' Northern Territory branch the Country Liberal Party, and Queensland Liberal branch the Liberal National Party. Except for a few short periods, the Liberal Party and its predecessors have operated in similar coalitions since the 1920s.
In Australia, the term Liberalism refers to centre-right economic liberalism, rather than centre-left social liberalism as in other English-speaking countries. Party ideology has therefore been referred to as Liberalism, distinct from its meaning in other English-speaking countries, but also as conservatism, which features strongly in party ideology.
Party founder Robert...
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