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Australian Conservatives was a conservative political party in Australia formed in 2017. It was led by Cory Bernardi, who had been elected to the Senate for the Liberal Party, [8] but resigned citing disagreements with the Liberal/National Coalition, its policies and leadership under Malcolm Turnbull.
The Liberal Party is the modern form of a conservative group that has existed since the combination of the Protectionist Party and Free Trade Party into the Commonwealth Liberal Party in 1909. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although this group has changed its nomenclature, there has been a general continuity of MPs and structure between different forms of the party.
After the United Australia Party collapsed in 1945, conservative forces within Australia were in disarray and were seen as irrelevant. [14] This is when the Liberal Party emerged, establishing itself as a big tent party of the right, taking influence from classical conservative thinker Edmund Burke .
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's ruling conservative coalition won a surprise victory in the country's general election on Saturday, defying opinion polls that had tipped the center-left ...
The Australian Conservative Party was founded as a registered political party in 1989, under the leadership of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the Premier of Queensland from 1968 to 1988. [2] It remained active until 1991 when it was deregistered [3] by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) when the membership fell below the required 500 members.
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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. [22]
Conservative Nationalist Party; Conservative Party of Australia; Country Liberal Party; D. Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1978) Democratic Party (1943) E.