South Australian Young Liberal Movement
| Young Liberal Movement | |
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| Federal President | Josh Manuatu |
| Federal Vice President | Mitchell Collier |
| Founded | 12 December 1945 |
| Headquarters | Cnr Blackall & Macquarie St Barton ACT 2600 |
| Position | Centre-right |
| International | International Young Democrat Union |
| Mother Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Website | www |
| Appointed Officers | |
| Federal Secretary and Director of Engagement | Jocelyn Sutcliffe (SA) |
| Federal Treasurer and Director of Campaigns | Liam Staltari (WA) |
| Strategy Officer | Ben Singline (Tas) |
| Development Officer | Jessica Smith (Qld) |
| Immediate Past President | Aiden Depiazzi (WA) |
| Divisional Presidents | |
| Western Australian Young Liberals | Liam Staltari |
| South Australian Young Liberals | Jocelyn Sutcliffe |
| ACT Young Liberals | Rowan Carter |
| Tasmanian Young Liberals | Bec Dunham |
| NSW Young Liberals | Harry Stutchbury |
| Young Liberal Nationals (Queensland) | Emma Taylor |
| Victorian Young Liberals | Alexander Lisov |
The Young Liberal Movement, is the youth movement of the Liberal Party of Australia representing Liberal members aged 16 to 30. The Movement is organised as a Federation with events, policy and elections for each state and territory level, as well as a federal executive and delegate system. The organisation is also a founding member of the International Young Democrat Union.
Former Federal Presidents include former MP Philip Ruddock, Economist Saul Eslake, Businessman Mark Birrell and Defence Minister Marise Payne. The current Federal President is Josh Manuatu, from the Australian Capital Territory.
While the Young Liberals are affiliated with the Liberal Party, they are a separate entity and have policy and political differences with the party and the Parliamentary Liberal Party.
The Young Liberals have adopted the values espoused in the We Believe statement written by Sir Robert Menzies including support for smaller government, more freedom, lower taxes and enduring institutions.
The Young Liberal Movement was first formed on 12 December 1945, just a few months after the official inauguration of the Liberal Party on 31 October in the same year, and, as for the Party proper, much of the credit for its creation can be attributed to Sir Robert Menzies. The formation occurred through a meeting at the Melbourne Town Hall, at which 750 people were present.[3] However, the Young Nationalists Organisation, also founded by Menzies in Victoria, and which became part of the Liberal Party at its founding, can be seen as its earliest form.
In 1966, the Liberal Party established a Federal Young Liberal Movement with the first meeting taking place on 4 March 1967. By 1968, it was decided that the Young Liberals should hold their own annual National Conventions – a tradition that continues.
The 1974 Federal Council of the Party agreed to a proposal for the Young Liberals' senior positions to be elected by a Young Liberal Federal Council, consisting of 6 delegates per Division (and held concurrently with the National Convention at which all Young Liberals were eligible to attend). The senior positions were restructured and renamed, resulting in a "Federal President", "Federal Vice-President" and "Young Liberal Federal Executive".
The Young Liberal representation on the senior party's Executive was expanded to two positions, while the Movement was also given a seat on the Joint Standing Committee on Federal Policy.
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