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Liberal party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia
Leader Malcolm Turnbull
President Richard Alston
Deputy Leader Julie Bishop
Founded 31 August 1945 (71 years ago) (1945-08-31)
Preceded by United Australia Party
Headquarters Cnr Blackall & Macquarie St
Barton, Australian Capital Territory 2600
Youth wing Young Liberals
Membership 80,000
National affiliation Liberal-National Coalition
International affiliation International Democrat Union
Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (regional partner)
Colours      Blue
House of Representatives
45 / 150
Senate
20 / 76
Website
www.liberal.org.au
State Lower House Seats
NSW Parliament
36 / 93
VIC Parliament
30 / 88
QLD Parliament
41 / 89
WA Parliament
30 / 59
SA Parliament
21 / 47
TAS Parliament
15 / 25
Territory Assembly Seats
ACT Parliament
11 / 25
NT Parliament
2 / 25

The Liberal Party of Australia (Lib or colloquially Libs) is a major political party in Australia. Founded in 1945 to replace the United Australia Party (UAP), the Liberal Party is one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

The Liberal Party is the largest and dominant party in the Coalition with the National Party of Australia, the Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory and the Liberal National Party of Queensland. Except for a few short periods, the Liberal Party and its predecessors have operated in similar coalitions since the 1920s. Internationally, the Liberal Party is affiliated to the International Democrat Union.

The party's leader is Malcolm Turnbull and its deputy leader is Julie Bishop. The pair were elected to their positions at the September 2015 Liberal leadership ballot, Bishop was returned to the position of deputy leader and Turnbull as a replacement for Tony Abbott, whom he consequently succeeded as Prime Minister of Australia. Now the Turnbull Government, the party had been elected at the 2013 federal election as the Abbott Government which took office on 18 September 2013. At state and territory level, the Liberal Party is in office in three states: Colin Barnett has been Premier of Western Australia since 2008, Will Hodgman Premier of Tasmania since 2014 and Gladys Berejiklian Premier of New South Wales since 2017. The party is in opposition in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, and the Northern Territory.


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