Liberal Party of Australia

Partiets første leder, Robert Menzies.

Liberal Party of Australia er det ene af de to store politiske partier i Australien (det andet er Australian Labor Party. Liberal Party of Australia er politisk placeret som centrum-højre. Partiet blev grundlagt i 1944 som en efterfølger til United Australia Party (UAP).[1]

Politisk indgår Liberal Party som det største og dominerende parti i The Coalition, en koalition med National Party of Australia som partner. I to af Australiens delstater er de to partier sammenlagt under navnene Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory og Liberal National Party of Queensland. Bortset fra kortere perioder har Liberal Party og dets forgænger altid opereret i tilsvarende koalitioner siden 1920'erne.

Partiets leder er Scott Morrison, der den 24. august 2018 overtog lederskabet af paritet efter Malcolm Turnbull. Næstformand er Josh Frydenberg.

Referencer

  1. ^ "Interview with Barrie Cassidy, Insiders, ABC". Liberal Party of Australia (engelsk). 2016-08-28. Arkiveret fra originalen 24. juli 2018. Hentet 2017-06-16.

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Quarterly of six, the first quarter Argent a Cross Gules charged with a Lion passant guardant between on each limb a Mullet of eight points Or; the second Azure five Mullets, one of eight, two of seven, one of six and one of five points of the first (representing the Constellation of the Southern Cross) ensigned with an Imperial Crown proper; the third of the first a Maltese Cross of the fourth, surmounted by a like Imperial Crown; the fourth of the third, on a Perch wreathed Vert and Gules an Australian Piping Shrike displayed also proper; the fifth also Or a Swan naiant to the sinister Sable; the last of the first, a Lion passant of the second, the whole within a Bordure Ermine; for the Crest on a Wreath Or and Azure A Seven-pointed Star Or, and for Supporters dexter a Kangaroo, sinister an Emu, both proper.