Primary Producers' Union
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National Party of Australia
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| President | Larry Anthony |
| Leader | Michael McCormack |
| Deputy leader | Bridget McKenzie |
| Founded | 20 January 1920 (as Australian Country Party) |
| Headquarters | John McEwen House 7 National Circuit Barton, ACT 2600 |
| Youth wing | Young Nationals |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Agrarianism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Liberal–National Coalition |
| Colours | Green and yellow |
| Slogan | For Regional Australia |
| House of Representatives |
16 / 150
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| Senate |
5 / 76
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| Website | |
| http://www.nationals.org.au/ | |
| NSW Parliament |
16 / 93
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| VIC Parliament |
7 / 88
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| QLD Parliament |
21 / 89
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| WA Parliament |
5 / 59
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The National Party of Australia (also known as The Nationals or simply, The Nats) is an Australian political party. Traditionally representing graziers, farmers, and rural voters generally, it began as the Australian Country Party in 1920 at a federal level. It would later briefly adopt the name National Country Party in 1975, before adopting its current name in 1982.
Federally, and in New South Wales, and to an extent in Victoria and historically in Western Australia, it has, in government, been the minor party in a centre-right Coalition with the Liberal Party of Australia, and its leader has usually served as Deputy Prime Minister. In Opposition the Coalition was usually maintained, but otherwise still generally continued to work in co-operation with the Liberal Party of Australia (and their predecessors the Nationalist Party of Australia and United Australia Party). In Queensland however, they were the senior coalition party between 1925 and 2008, after which they merged with the junior Liberal Party of Australia to form the Liberal National Party (LNP).
The current leader of the National Party is Michael McCormack, who won a leadership election following Barnaby Joyce's resignation in February 2018. The deputy leader of the Nationals, since 7 December 2017, is Bridget McKenzie.
The Country Party was formally founded in 1913 in Western Australia, and nationally in 1920 from a number of state-based parties such as the Victorian Farmers' Union (VFU) and the Farmers and Settlers Party of New South Wales. Australia's first Country Party was founded in 1912 by Harry J. Stephens, editor of The Farmer & Settler, but under fierce opposition from rival newspapers, failed to gain momentum.
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