query: What party led Australia from 1983 to 1996?

title: 1996 Australian federal election

text: 1996 Australian federal election The 1996 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 38th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 2 March 1996. All 148 seats of the House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Senate were up for election. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition led by Opposition Leader John Howard of the Liberal Party and coalition partner Tim Fischer of the National Party defeated the incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party government led by Prime Minister Paul Keating. The election marked the end of the 13 year Hawke-Keating Government that began in 1983. John

title: 1983 Australian federal election

text: 1983 Australian federal election Federal elections were held in Australia on 5 March 1983. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives and all 64 seats in the Senate were up for election, following a double dissolution. The incumbent Coalition government in power since 1975, led by Malcolm Fraser (Liberal Party) and Doug Anthony (National Party), was defeated by the opposition Labor Party led by Bob Hawke. At the time of the election, the economy suffered from high inflation and high unemployment, alongside increases in industrial disputation and drought across much of the rural areas. The coalition government was led

title: Australia First Party

text: as property offenses and fraud in 1984. The Australia First Party was established in June 1996 by Graeme Campbell, the longtime federal member for Kalgoorlie, and registered as a political party by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 13 September 1996. Initially a Labor member, he was disendorsed by the party in 1995 He continued to sit in parliament as an independent, and was reelected as an independent in the Australian federal election, 1996. However he lost his seat in the 1998 election. Campbell blamed his loss on Australia First being eclipsed by One Nation. In 2009, he claimed that,

title: 1983 Australian Labor Party leadership spill

text: 1983 Australian Labor Party leadership spill A leadership spill in the Australian Labor Party, then the opposition party in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 3 February 1983. It saw the resignation of Leader Bill Hayden followed by the election of Bob Hawke as his replacement. Bill Hayden had been leader of the Labor Party since 1977, and lead the party to an improved result at the 1980 election. However, after only just surviving a challenge from Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Bob Hawke and a disappointing by-election result in December 1982 caused many to question his ability to

title: What Women Want (Australia)

text: if the Greens candidate was excluded, the ALP). The party was deregistered on 30 March 2010 after failing to respond to an Australian Electoral Commission notice to update its membership records. What Women Want (Australia) What Women Want was an Australian political organisation launched in April 2007 which, its website says, "aims to be Australia's first female political party dedicated to advancing issues affecting Australian women". The organisation was formed by Justine Caines, a mother of six and political activist from rural New South Wales. In the 2007 general elections, the party stood candidates for the Senate in every jurisdiction

title: United Australia Party

text: The new party was dominated by former UAP members; with few exceptions, the UAP party room became the Liberal party room. The Liberal Party went on to become the dominant centre-right party in Australian politics. After an initial loss to Labor at the 1946 election, Menzies led the new non-Labor Coalition of the Liberal and Country parties to victory at the 1949 election against the incumbent Labor government led by Curtin's successor, Ben Chifley. The Coalition stayed in office for a record 23 years. Note: the United Australia Party did not run candidates in South Australia in 1931. The Emergency

title: Progressive Labour Party (Australia)

text: broad range of issues. Progressive Labour Party (Australia) The Progressive Labour Party (PLP) is an active political party in Australia. The party is a broad left-wing party started by, among others, ex-CPA members, non-party activists and dissident former members of the ALP [Australian Labor Party] in 1996. The party states that the ALP has abandoned its traditional working-class supporters as it has moved towards the political right. The party ran Senate tickets in New South Wales and Western Australia and contested several House of Representatives seats at the 9 October 2004 election. The party regularly makes submissions to Senate and

title: Progressive Labour Party (Australia)

text: Progressive Labour Party (Australia) The Progressive Labour Party (PLP) is an active political party in Australia. The party is a broad left-wing party started by, among others, ex-CPA members, non-party activists and dissident former members of the ALP [Australian Labor Party] in 1996. The party states that the ALP has abandoned its traditional working-class supporters as it has moved towards the political right. The party ran Senate tickets in New South Wales and Western Australia and contested several House of Representatives seats at the 9 October 2004 election. The party regularly makes submissions to Senate and other committees on a

title: United Australia Party

text: United Australia Party The United Australia Party (UAP) was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. The party won four federal elections in that time, usually governing in coalition with the Country Party. It provided two Prime Ministers of Australia – Joseph Lyons (1932–1939) and Robert Menzies (1939–1941). The UAP was created in the aftermath of the 1931 split in the Australian Labor Party. Six economically conservative Labor MPs left the party to protest the Scullin Government's financial policies during the Great Depression. Led by Joseph Lyons, a former Premier of Tasmania, the defectors

title: Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1996)

text: Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1996) The Communist Party of Azerbaijan (often known as "CPA-2") is a communist party in Azerbaijan, a splinter group from the main Communist Party of Azerbaijan. CPA-2 is led by Firudin Hasanov. CPA-2 was formed in 1996. CPA-2 developed close relation with the government of the country and for a brief period it was the only legally registered communist party in the country. Hasanov was a candidate in Azerbaijan's 1998 presidential election and he arrived fourth obtaining 29.224 votes (0.87%). Leaders of the other Azeri communist parties describe Hasanov as a "traitor" for his collaboration with

title: United Australia Party

text: from the ALP in protest of the Scullin government's economic policies. Five of the six Labor dissidents–all except Gabb–formed the "All for Australia League" and crossed over to the opposition benches. On 7 May, the All for Australia League, the Nationalist opposition (hitherto led by John Latham) and former Prime Minister Billy Hughes' Australian Party (a group of former Nationalists who had been expelled for crossing the floor and bringing down Stanley Bruce's Nationalist government in 1929), merged to form the UAP. Although the new party was dominated by former Nationalists, Lyons was chosen as the new party's leader, and

title: Socialist Party (Australia)

text: parties overseas, Militant left the ALP. They wrote that by that stage it had "played a key role in the introduction of neo-liberal policies and no longer has democratic structures that ensure workers interests are represented". After leaving the ALP, the group became known as the Militant Socialist Organisation before becoming the Socialist Party in line with its counterpart in the UK (in 1996 the unrelated group that used to be called the "Socialist Party of Australia" from 1971 changed its name). The name of the organisation's monthly newspaper was changed from "The Voice" to "The Socialist", and in May

title: Burke Ministry (Western Australia)

text: Burke Ministry (Western Australia) The Burke Ministry was the 29th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia, led by Labor Premier Brian Burke and deputy Mal Bryce. It commenced on 25 February 1983, six days after the O'Connor ministry, led by Premier Ray O'Connor of the Liberal Party, was defeated at the 1983 election. It was followed by the Dowding Ministry upon Burke's retirement as Premier on 25 February 1988. Most of its members followed on from the Burke shadow ministry which had functioned since September 1981. At first, the Burke Ministry utilised roles which were largely inherited from the

title: Liberal Party of Australia

text: in Western Australia intermittently since 1947. Liberal Richard Court was Premier of the state for most of the 1990s. In New South Wales, the Liberal Party has not been in office as much as its Labor rival, and just three leaders have led the party from opposition to government in that state: Sir Robert Askin, who was premier from 1965 to 1975, Nick Greiner, who came to office in 1988 and resigned in 1992, and Barry O'Farrell who would lead the party out of 16 years in opposition in 2011. The Liberal Party does not officially contest most local government

title: Australia Party

text: Democratic Labor Party as the 4th party after Labor, Liberal and Country parties. Subsequently, the party allied itself with the New Liberal Movement in the formation of the Australian Democrats for the 1977 federal election. However, a rump party continued to field separate candidates up until the 1980 election, and as late as the 1982 Flinders by-election. Significant figures in the Australia Party were Senator Reg Turnbull (elected as an independent but Australia Party leader from 1969–1970), and journalist Alan Fitzgerald, then a member of the elected Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council. Australia Party members who later entered federal parliament

title: History of the Australian Labor Party

text: the party until the loss at the 1977 election, when he was succeeded by Bill Hayden. Whitlam retired from parliament in 1978. Hayden increased the Labor vote at the 1980 election. He was replaced by Bob Hawke in 1983, who led Labor back to office at the 1983 election. Hawke was defeated as Labor leader in a 1991 spill by Paul Keating, who had been Treasurer of Australia since 1983. Hawke is Labor's longest-serving Prime Minister and Australia's third-longest-serving Prime Minister. Hawke retired from parliament in 1992. Hawke and Keating led Labor to victory at five consecutive federal elections: 1983,

title: Australia Party

text: Australia Party The Australia Party was a minor political party established initially in 1966 as the Liberal Reform Group. As the Australia Party they became influential, particularly in the landmark 1972 federal election when their preferences assisted the Australian Labor Party to victory – ending 23 years of Liberal/Country Coalition government. The Australia Party grew out of the Liberal Reform Group, a group of members of the Liberal Party of Australia and Independents who opposed the party's policy of conscription and military involvement in the Vietnam War. The leading figure in this group was a businessman, Gordon Barton, who was

title: Progress Party (Australia)

text: Progress Party (Australia) The Progress Party was a minor Australian political party in the mid-to-late 1970s. Initially known as the Workers Party, it was formed on Australia Day (26 January) 1975 as a free market libertarian and anti-socialist party by businessmen John Singleton and Sinclair Hill in reaction to the economic policies of Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam. It operated and ran candidates in Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, but did not have a central federal structure and its Western Australian affiliate, which additionally advocated secession from the rest of Australia, did particularly well

title: Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)

text: Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) The Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), commonly known as the South Australian Liberals, is the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, formed in 1974, succeeding the Liberal and Country League (LCL). It is one of two major parties in the bicameral Parliament of South Australia, the other being the Australian Labor Party (SA Branch). The party has been led by Premier of South Australia Steven Marshall since the 2018 state election; their first win in twenty years. The party has won only 4 of the 13 state elections

title: National Party of Australia – Queensland

text: a coalition with the state Liberal Party until 1983 when the Liberals broke away and the Nationals continued to govern in their own right until defeat in 1989. The party formed another coalition with the Liberals that took power in 1996 but was defeated in 1998. After a further decade in opposition the two parties merged to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland. Throughout their history the Nationals were repeatedly beset by the question of whether or not to merge with other conservative political forces in the state to provide a unified political alternative to the Labor Party or

title: 1996 Western Australian state election

text: 1996 Western Australian state election Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 December 1996 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Liberal–National coalition government, led by Premier Richard Court, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Dr Geoff Gallop since 15 October 1996. The election resulted in the Liberals winning an outright majority for the first time in Western Australia's history. Although Court did not need the support of the Nationals, the coalition was retained. Meanwhile, Labor attracted

title: Nationalist Party (Australia)

text: Latham. The Nationalists were never a real force in Australian politics again. The party had spent its entire 12-year existence in government, and was ill-prepared for a role in opposition. In 1931, following negotiations with a group of Labor Party defectors led by Joseph Lyons, the Nationalist Party was absorbed into the new United Australia Party. Although the UAP was dominated by former Nationalists, Lyons was chosen as leader rather than Latham. The UAP replaced the Nationalists as the main non-Labor party. The Western Australian branch retained the Nationalist name after the formation of the UAP, and did so until

title: 1996 Blaxland by-election

text: but three years later the ALP was defeated in a landslide victory by a resurgent Coalition led by John Howard at the 1996 election on 2 March. Following the party's election loss, Keating immediately resigned as party leader, and several weeks later, resigned from the Parliament. The Australian Labor Party retained the seat with an increased majority, with Michael Hatton as their candidate. The Liberal Party of Australia declined to run a candidate, and this saw a rise in the vote for two minor anti-immigration parties: Australians Against Further Immigration and , which came second and third in the popular

title: Australia Party

text: as Australian Democrats senators included Colin Mason (NSW), John Siddons (Vic), Sid Spindler (Vic) and Jean Jenkins (WA). An important aspect of the Australia Party and later Australian Democrats is they nullified then overtook the minority influence of the Democratic Labor Party that had wielded much influence in post war federal and state politics. The Australia Party altered the power dynamics and the Australia Democrats continued that role until they were succeeded by the Greens in the 2004 federal election. Australia Party The Australia Party was a minor political party established initially in 1966 as the Liberal Reform Group. As

title: Nationalist Party (Australia)

text: Nationalist Party (Australia) The Nationalist Party was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the latter formed by Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his supporters after the 1916 Labor Party split over World War I conscription. The Nationalist Party was in government (from 1923 in coalition with the Country Party) until electoral defeat in 1929. From that time it was the main opposition to the Labor Party until it merged with pro-Joseph Lyons Labor defectors to form the United Australia Party (UAP)

title: Nationalist Party (Australia)

text: founded the Liberal Party of Australia, he invited delegates from the Young Nationalists to attend. The Young Nationalists followed the UAP into the Liberal Party, and formed the nucleus of the new party's youth wing, the Young Liberals. Nationalist Party (Australia) The Nationalist Party was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the latter formed by Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his supporters after the 1916 Labor Party split over World War I conscription. The Nationalist Party was in government (from 1923

title: Wran ministry (1983–84)

text: Wran ministry (1983–84) The Wran ministry (1983–84) or Fifth Wran ministry was the 75th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 35th Premier of New South Wales, the Honourable Neville Wran, , representing the Labor Party. It was the fifth of eight consecutive occasions when Wran was Premier. The ministry covers the period from 1 February 1983 when Wran reconfigured his ministry, the Wran–led Labor Party was re-elected at the 1981 election, until 10 February 1984, when Wran reconfigured his ministry following the resignation of Jack Ferguson from the ministry and from Parliament, and the

text: Australia over the influence of communism. The sitting Premier Vince Gair was expelled from the party and led a breakaway Queensland Labor Party that sought to retain office. Gair sought to retain office helming a minority government, and sought backing from the Country Party. Nicklin initially considered offering support to Gair, but then declined when Fadden–by then, de facto federal Deputy Prime Minister–argued there was the opportunity to win power in their own right. When the state parliament resumed sitting, the rump Labor caucuse moved to block supply. Nicklin instructed the Coalition to vote against the government as well, bringing

title: Communist Party of Australia

text: 1951, during the Korean War, the Liberal government of Robert Menzies tried to ban the Communist Party of Australia, first by legislation that was declared invalid by the High Court, then by referendum to try to overcome the constitutional obstacles to that legislation. The 1951 referendum was opposed by the Communist Party as well as the Australian Labor Party, and was narrowly defeated. The issue of communist influence in the unions remained potent and led to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955 and the formation of the Democratic Labor Party comprising disaffected ALP members who were concerned over communist

title: National Party (South Australia)

text: Union in July 1921. The party was being again referred to as the National Party when it merged with the Liberal Union to create the Liberal Federation in October 1923. National Party (South Australia) The National Party was a political party active in South Australia from 1917 to 1923, similar to the federal National Labor Party. It was created in the wake of the 1917 Australian Labor Party split over conscription along the same lines that occurred federally with the Nationalist Party of Australia, following the February 1917 expulsion from the South Australian Labor Party of sitting Premier Crawford Vaughan

title: National Party (South Australia)

text: National Party (South Australia) The National Party was a political party active in South Australia from 1917 to 1923, similar to the federal National Labor Party. It was created in the wake of the 1917 Australian Labor Party split over conscription along the same lines that occurred federally with the Nationalist Party of Australia, following the February 1917 expulsion from the South Australian Labor Party of sitting Premier Crawford Vaughan and his supporters. It was initially known as the National Labor Party like their federal counterpart, but was renamed at a conference in June 1917. The party initially continued on

title: 2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill

text: 2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 15 September 2008. At a ballot on 16 September, Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull defeated the incumbent leader Brendan Nelson 45 votes to 41. The Liberal-National coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard was defeated at the 2007 federal election by the Australian Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd. In the aftermath, Brendan Nelson was elected leader in an ensuing ballot, in a 45-42 vote against former Minister for the Environment, Malcolm Turnbull. Nelson's leadership came under intense pressure throughout

title: Labor Party (United States, 1996)

text: Labor Party to exist, others have seen this as a start of a discussion about the future of the Labor Party. Labor Party (United States, 1996) The Labor Party was an American social democratic political party advocating workers' interests. The party was formed in 1996 by the United Mine Workers, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, American Federation of Government Employees, California Nurses Association, and hundreds of other local labor unions. From the beginning a dispute over the Party's running of candidates arose with many of the official unions totally opposed to running candidates that might cause the defeat of their

title: 1996 Australian Labor Party leadership election

text: Coalition. By the following week, it was correctly being reported that Beazley would be elected unopposed as his successor when the Labor caucus met on 19 March. However, there was initially some concern that he would not win his seat, the Division of Brand in Western Australia – his final margin of victory was only 387 votes. In the lead-up to the caucus meeting, most media attention was given to who would be the party's new deputy leader. Gareth Evans eventually defeated Simon Crean by 42 votes to 37. 1996 Australian Labor Party leadership election The Australian Labor Party held

title: Liberal Party (Chile, 1983)

text: Liberal Party ("Partido Liberal Gremialista") —both subsequently joined the National Party— and the Authentic Liberal Party ("Partido Liberal Auténtico"), which later evolve into the Liberal Democrat Party of Chile. In December 1987, the Liberal Party decided to merge with the Republican Party to make way for the Liberal-Republican Union. Liberal Party (Chile, 1983) The Liberal Party (, PL) or Liberal Movement (, ML) was a Chilean classical liberal political party that existed between 1983 and 1987, with an opposition stance to the military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet. Its origins date back to late 1983, when a group of former

title: Social Democratic Party (Australia)

text: Social Democratic Party (Australia) The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a minor centre-left Australian political party active from 1980 to 1983. Formed in 1980, it drew inspiration from the citizen-based social democratic parties of Western Europe in Switzerland, Germany and Sweden, as distinct from trade union controlled labour parties in Britain, Australia and New Zealand. It advocated more democracy in society such as citizen initiated referenda, workers elected onto the board of large companies to reduce strikes and overpayment of directors, and harmony between trade unions and big business. The party unsuccessfully contested the 1983 Australian federal election and then

title: Liberal Party (Chile, 1983)

text: Liberal Party (Chile, 1983) The Liberal Party (, PL) or Liberal Movement (, ML) was a Chilean classical liberal political party that existed between 1983 and 1987, with an opposition stance to the military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet. Its origins date back to late 1983, when a group of former members of the old Liberal Party Youth decided to form the Liberal Movement, supporter of individual freedoms and the restoration of democracy by peaceful means. Among its members were Hernán Errazuriz Talavera, who would be ambassador to the United Kingdom during the government of Patricio Aylwin, medical director Arturo

title: Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)

text: Geoff Pearsall (1984–1988), Ray Groom (1988–1989), John Beswick (1992–1996), Sue Napier (1996–1998) and Jeremy Rockliff (2014–). Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) The Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division), commonly known as the Tasmanian Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Tasmania. The party currently governs in Tasmania. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party of Australia which governs nationally in Coalition with the National Party of Australia. Five parliamentary Liberal leaders have served as Premier of Tasmania: Angus Bethune (1969–1972), Robin Gray (1982–1989), Ray Groom (1992–1996), Tony Rundle (1996–1998) and Will Hodgman

title: Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)

text: the party. Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) The Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria. Prime Minister Robert Menzies founded the Liberal party in Victoria. Victoria is where the Liberal party held government at state level from 1955 to 1982, and again from 1992 to 1999. The party was also in office once in the 21st century from 2010 to 2014. The last Liberal Prime Minister from Victoria was Malcolm Fraser the Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. The Liberals under Jeff Kennett in 1992 privatised

text: Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) The Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria. Prime Minister Robert Menzies founded the Liberal party in Victoria. Victoria is where the Liberal party held government at state level from 1955 to 1982, and again from 1992 to 1999. The party was also in office once in the 21st century from 2010 to 2014. The last Liberal Prime Minister from Victoria was Malcolm Fraser the Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. The Liberals under Jeff Kennett in 1992 privatised many government

title: 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries

text: 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries The 1996 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1996 U.S. presidential election. Former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, former Senate Majority Leader was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1996 Republican National Convention held from August 12 to August 15, 1996, in San Diego, California. Following the 1994 midterm elections, many prominent candidates entered what would be a crowded field. This was expected as Democratic President Bill

title: Health Australia Party

text: borderline of being exactly the opposite of what its name suggests." Health Australia Party The Health Australia Party (HAP) is a centrist political party in Australia, founded in 2013 as the Natural Medicine Party. It was rebranded as the Health Australia Party in 2015. The Health Australia Party first contested an election under that name in 2016, where it secured almost 1.2% of first preference votes in New South Wales and less than 0.5% in three other states. The party also contested the 2018 Victorian state election, running for five legislative council seats. The party has been criticised in the

title: Liberal Party of Australia

text: from 1955 to 1982. Jeff Kennett led the party back to office in that state in 1992, and remained Premier until 1999. In South Australia, initially a Liberal and Country Party affiliated party, the Liberal and Country League (LCL), mostly led by Premier of South Australia Tom Playford, was in power from the 1933 election to the 1965 election, though with assistance from an electoral malapportionment, or gerrymander, known as the Playmander. The LCL's Steele Hall governed for one term from the 1968 election to the 1970 election and during this time began the process of dismantling the Playmander. David

text: Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) The Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division), commonly known as the Tasmanian Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Tasmania. The party currently governs in Tasmania. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party of Australia which governs nationally in Coalition with the National Party of Australia. Five parliamentary Liberal leaders have served as Premier of Tasmania: Angus Bethune (1969–1972), Robin Gray (1982–1989), Ray Groom (1992–1996), Tony Rundle (1996–1998) and Will Hodgman (2014–present). Six parliamentary Liberal deputy leaders have served as Deputy Premier of Tasmania: Max Bingham (1982–1984),

title: Social Democratic Party (Australia)

text: supported the new Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, a social democrat, hoping for political reform. The SDP was based on a booklet called "Progress Without Poverty and Conflict" by Ted Roach. Social Democratic Party (Australia) The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a minor centre-left Australian political party active from 1980 to 1983. Formed in 1980, it drew inspiration from the citizen-based social democratic parties of Western Europe in Switzerland, Germany and Sweden, as distinct from trade union controlled labour parties in Britain, Australia and New Zealand. It advocated more democracy in society such as citizen initiated referenda, workers elected onto the

title: Engineered Australia Plan Party

text: Engineered Australia Plan Party The Engineered Australia Plan Party (EAPP) was a minor Australian political party that contested the 1983 federal election, without success. The EAPP was founded in 1982 by Laurie Hogan (who had written a book called "Man-Made Mountain"), the party aimed to use "engineering skill" to help achieve full employment, a higher standard of living and economic stability by funding industrial production internally. It proposed to finance this with money from mining and related industries, as well as the creation of 180,000 fish breeding dams, 48 new cities, and a man-made mountain to influence Australia's weather patterns.

title: Engineered Australia Plan Party

title: Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)

text: Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) The Liberal Party, originally the Queensland People's Party, was a political party in Queensland, Australia, from the Second World War until 2008. Initially formed as independent body in 1943, it became the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1949. Based predominantly in Brisbane and other cities in Queensland, from 1957 it held power as the junior party in a coalition with the state Country Party, later the National Party, until 1983 when the Liberals broke away and went into opposition. The party formed another coalition with the Nationals that took power

title: Progress Party (Thailand, 1983)

text: constituencies in Eastern Thailand, more particularly Chachoengsao and Chonburi provinces. In 1989 Progress Party merged into the Solidarity Party. Progress Party (Thailand, 1983) The Progress Party (; ) was a political party active in Thailand between 1983 and 1989. The Progress Party was founded on 10 December 1980 and registered on 22 March 1983 by Uthai Pimjaichon who had been speaker of the House of Representatives from April to October 1976 and later broken away from the Democrat Party. In the 1983 general election the Progress Party won three seats. In the 1986 general election the Progress Party won seven

title: Building Australia Party

text: to win any seats. The party is led by Raymond Brown JP, an accredited Building Designer and the Past National President of the Building Designers Association of Australia. He has served as a councillor and the Deputy Mayor of the Hills Shire Council. The party has been involved in Glenn Druery's Minor Party Alliance. Building Australia Party The Building Australia Party was a minor political party in Australia, advocating the rights of the building industry. First registered in New South Wales, it achieved federal registration in June 2010, but was deregistered in May 2015. However, the party is still active

title: Progress Party (Thailand, 1983)

text: Progress Party (Thailand, 1983) The Progress Party (; ) was a political party active in Thailand between 1983 and 1989. The Progress Party was founded on 10 December 1980 and registered on 22 March 1983 by Uthai Pimjaichon who had been speaker of the House of Representatives from April to October 1976 and later broken away from the Democrat Party. In the 1983 general election the Progress Party won three seats. In the 1986 general election the Progress Party won seven seats and in the 1988 general election the Progress Party won eight seats. Most of the party's seats represented

title: Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1996)

text: the government. In 2000 the newspaper "Bu Gun" reported that Hasanov was considering a merger with the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, but then the press secretary Seyran Veliev told that the party had no intention of merging with NAP. Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1996) The Communist Party of Azerbaijan (often known as "CPA-2") is a communist party in Azerbaijan, a splinter group from the main Communist Party of Azerbaijan. CPA-2 is led by Firudin Hasanov. CPA-2 was formed in 1996. CPA-2 developed close relation with the government of the country and for a brief period it was the only legally

title: What Women Want (Australia)

text: What Women Want (Australia) What Women Want was an Australian political organisation launched in April 2007 which, its website says, "aims to be Australia's first female political party dedicated to advancing issues affecting Australian women". The organisation was formed by Justine Caines, a mother of six and political activist from rural New South Wales. In the 2007 general elections, the party stood candidates for the Senate in every jurisdiction except the Northern Territory, and secured approximately half a percent of the Senate vote nationwide. Preference distributions reported by the ABC indicated the party's preferences flowed mainly to the Greens (or

title: Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

text: and September in 1996. This led to increased sponsorship and awareness coming up to the Atlanta games, gained much needed momentum that solidified the games as an elite sport, gaining high level media traction. The Australian Paralympic Federation considered the media coverage to be a great success in terms of boosting awareness of its program and its athletes. Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Summer Paralympics were held in the United States city of Atlanta. Australia competed in 13 of the 17 sports, winning medals in 10 of those sports. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Australia had the

title: Australia First Party

text: Australia First Party The Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated (AFP) is an Australian far-right political party founded by Graeme Campbell and currently led by Jim Saleam. The policies of Australia First have been described as nationalistic, anti-multicultural and economic protectionist. Saleam is a convicted criminal, a former neo-Nazi (a former member of the National Socialist Party of Australia) and founder of the militant Australian white supremacist group National Action. Saleam's criminal convictions include being an accessory before the fact in 1989 for his involvement in the shotgun attack on the home of African National Congress representative Eddie Funde as well

text: both ideologies and personalities, with sides forming between the moderate Chapman and conservative Evans family dynasties, complicated further by the moderate Brown and conservative Olsen rifts. Five of the ten parliamentary Liberal leaders have served as Premier of South Australia: David Tonkin (1979–1982), Dean Brown (1993–1996), John Olsen (1996–2001), Rob Kerin (2001–2002), and Steven Marshall (2018–present). Six parliamentary Liberal deputy leaders have served as Deputy Premier of South Australia: Roger Goldsworthy (1979–1982), Stephen Baker (1993–1996), Graham Ingerson (1996–1998), Rob Kerin (1998–2001), Dean Brown (2001–2002), and Vickie Chapman (2018–present). Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) The Liberal Party of Australia

title: Live from Australia (The Tea Party album)

text: Live from Australia (The Tea Party album) Live From Australia: The Reformation Tour 2012 (2012) is a live album by The Tea Party recorded during the Australian leg of the band's reunion tour. The album was funded and initially released September 15, 2012 through the website PledgeMusic. The album was commercially released November 23, 2012 in Australia and November 27, 2012 in the rest of the world. The cover features the Palais Theatre in Melbourne, one of the venues where the album was recorded. Predominantly an Art Deco building, the exterior and interior include elements from Moorish architecture, which is

title: Australia First Party

text: Riot. Australia First Party is currently led by a former neo-Nazi, Jim Saleam. Saleam was a member of the short-lived National Socialist Party of Australia as a teenager during the 1970s. Australia First also endorsed independent candidate John Moffat, who was later criticised by B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Michael Lipshutz, Cronulla Liberal MP Malcolm Kerr and Lebanese Muslim Association spokesman Jihad Dib for "inciting racial hatred". On 10 July 2009, the "Sydney Morning Herald" reported that David Palmer, the Imperial Wizard of the "Ku Klux Klan" in Australia, said several Klan members had secretly joined Australia First. Palmer said

text: congruous with the band's musical inspirations over their career. Live from Australia (The Tea Party album) Live From Australia: The Reformation Tour 2012 (2012) is a live album by The Tea Party recorded during the Australian leg of the band's reunion tour. The album was funded and initially released September 15, 2012 through the website PledgeMusic. The album was commercially released November 23, 2012 in Australia and November 27, 2012 in the rest of the world. The cover features the Palais Theatre in Melbourne, one of the venues where the album was recorded. Predominantly an Art Deco building, the exterior

title: Liberal Party of Australia

text: Tonkin, as leader of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, became Premier at the 1979 election for one term, losing office at the 1982 election. The Liberals returned to power at the 1993 election, led by Premiers Dean Brown, John Olsen and Rob Kerin through two terms, until their defeat at the 2002 election. They remained in opposition for 16 years, under a record five Opposition Leaders, until Steven Marshall led the party to victory in 2018. The dual aligned Country Liberal Party ruled the Northern Territory from 1978 to 2001. The party has held office

title: 1996 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election

text: 1996 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election The 1996 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election was held in Hamilton, Ontario, on June 22, 1996 to elect a successor to Bob Rae as leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP). The convention was necessary because Rae resigned on February 29, 1996. Frances Lankin was an early favourite but was hurt due to her close association with the Rae government. Hampton, an outsider, led on the first ballot and won the leadership by 178 votes over Lankin on the third ballot. He remained as leader of the party until 2009. In

title: National Socialist Party of Australia

text: National Socialist Party of Australia The National Socialist Party of Australia (NSPA) was a minor Australian neo-Nazi party that operated in the 1960s and 1970s. It was formed in 1967 as a more moderate breakaway from the Australian National Socialist Party (ANSP). The NSPA was led by Ted Cawthron. Cawthron and Frank Molnar launched the party in late 1967, explicitly rejecting the "jackbooted 'Nazi' image" associated with Arthur Smith's ANSP. They focused particularly on Smith's criminal convictions from a 1965 raid on ANSP headquarters. Although there were a number of attempts to reunite the two parties, the NSPA eventually attracted

title: House Party (1996)

text: House Party (1996) House Party (1996) was the first House Party professional wrestling supercard event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on January 5, 1996 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several matches from the event aired on the January 23, 1996 episode of "ECW Hardcore TV". House Party featured the final appearance of tag team The Public Enemy, who had signed contracts with World Championship Wrestling, until their return in January 1999, as well as the final appearance of Tony Stetson. The event also saw the debut of future ECW mainstay Rob Van Dam,

title: Socialist Party (Italy, 1996)

text: Socialist Party (Italy, 1996) The Socialist Party (, PS) was a tiny social-democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1996 by a group of former members of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), who had been close allies of Bettino Craxi, leader of the PSI from 1976 to 1992. They included Ugo Intini, Enrico Manca, Gianni De Michelis, Fabrizio Cicchitto, Margherita Boniver, Donato Robilotta and Bettino's son, Bobo. Some of them had been active in the Reformist Socialist Party (PSR) from 1994 to 1996. At the 1996 general election the PS, through the "Socialists for Freedom" list, won 0.5% for

title: Liberalism in Australia

text: Government action taken over the Tampa affair. Barns joined the Australian Democrats, with the view of returning a strong liberal platform to the party. The governments of Menzies (1949–1966), Gorton (1968–1971) Fraser (1975–1983) and Howard (1996–2007) differed from each other in both social and economic approaches. Unifying threads of Australian liberalism, have included: Liberalism in Australia Liberalism in Australia dates back to the earliest pioneers of the area, and has maintained a strong foothold to this day. Liberalism in the country is primarily represented by the centre-right Liberal Party. The Liberal Party is a fusion of liberal and conservative forces

title: National Socialist Party of Australia

text: teams were insignificant. The national NSPA vote was 21,259 (0.41%). National Socialist Party of Australia The National Socialist Party of Australia (NSPA) was a minor Australian neo-Nazi party that operated in the 1960s and 1970s. It was formed in 1967 as a more moderate breakaway from the Australian National Socialist Party (ANSP). The NSPA was led by Ted Cawthron. Cawthron and Frank Molnar launched the party in late 1967, explicitly rejecting the "jackbooted 'Nazi' image" associated with Arthur Smith's ANSP. They focused particularly on Smith's criminal convictions from a 1965 raid on ANSP headquarters. Although there were a number of

title: Liberal Party of Australia

text: better in 2017 with the Barnett-led Liberal-National government in Western Australia also suffered a landslide defeat in March. The contemporary Liberal Party generally advocates economic liberalism (see New Right). Historically, the party has supported a higher degree of economic protectionism and interventionism than it has in recent decades. However, from its foundation the party has identified itself as an anti-socialist grouping of liberals and conservatives. Strong opposition to socialism and communism in Australia and abroad was one of its founding principles. The party's founder and longest-serving leader Robert Menzies envisaged that Australia's middle class would form its main constituency. Towards

title: Liberal Party of Australia

text: House of Representatives. Menzies went on to resign from parliament on 26 January 1966. Menzies came to power the year the Communist Party of Australia had led a coal strike to improve pit miners' working conditions. That same year Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb, and Mao Zedong led the Communist Party of China to power in China; a year later came the invasion of South Korea by Communist North Korea. Anti-communism was a key political issue of the 1950s and 1960s. Menzies was firmly anti-Communist; he committed troops to the Korean War and attempted to ban

title: 1943 United Australia Party leadership election

text: 1943 United Australia Party leadership election The United Australia Party (UAP) held a leadership election on 22 September 1943, following the resignation of Billy Hughes. Robert Menzies, the party's former leader from 1939 to 1941, was elected as his replacement, defeating three other candidates – Thomas White, Allan McDonald, and Percy Spender. Hughes had been elected party leader in 1941, following the defeat of the Coalition government led by Arthur Fadden, the leader of the Country Party. The UAP simultaneously voted to form a "joint opposition" with the Country Party, under Fadden as Leader of the Opposition. Hughes, who had

title: National Party of Australia (WA)

text: in the 1983 state election, in which McPharlin also lost his seat to the Liberals. All the other National Country and National MLAs retained their seats. The National Country Party was by this stage $1.25 million in debt, largely due to the failure of a grocery store it had entered to raise funds. This led to an unsuccessful motion to dissolve the party in May 1983. There were renewed calls for the two rural parties to reunify. In August 1984 a seventeen-point plan was agreed by both parties and on 2 October 1984 the two party organisations formally unified under

title: Socialist Party (Italy, 1996)

text: by Filippo Fiorino. In the 1996 Sicilian regional election the party gained 1.9% of the vote and three regional deputies: Salvatore Cintola (who soon left the party for the United Christian Democrats, CDU), Giovanni Ricevuto and Nunzio Calanna. At the 1999 European Parliament election the PS won 1.5% of the vote in Sicily. Socialist Party (Italy, 1996) The Socialist Party (, PS) was a tiny social-democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1996 by a group of former members of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), who had been close allies of Bettino Craxi, leader of the PSI from 1976

text: a what has now become one of the most popular sports at the Paralympic games, with Australia moving forward to medal in the next 4 games, 2 being gold. Australia represented by: Men – Mick Connell, David Hall Women – Daniela Di Toro, Randa Hinson Coach – Greg Crump . David Hall competed for Australia in wheelchair tennis at the 1996 Paralympic Games, where he won a silver and bronze medal. He lost his legs in an accident when he was sixteen years old in a car accident. Louise Sauvage (Australia) is one of the most influential Paralympians of all

title: National Party of Australia

text: preferential voting system. At the 1919 federal election the state-based Country Parties won federal seats in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. They also began to win seats in state parliaments. In 1920 the Country Party was established as a national party led by William McWilliams from Tasmania. In his first speech as leader, McWilliams laid out the principles of the new party, stating "we crave no alliance, we spurn no support but we intend drastic action to secure closer attention to the needs of primary producers" McWilliams was deposed as party leader in favour of Dr Earle Page

title: Mature Australia Party

text: Queensland. The Australian Electoral Commission gave notice on 29 May 2017 that it was considering deregistering the party under subsection 137(1)(cb) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 which relates to complying with notices from the Commission. When the party did not respond to the notice, it was deregistered by the AEC on 4 July 2017. Mature Australia Party The Mature Australia Party was a minor political party registered for federal elections in Australia between 2014 and 2017. The Mature Australia Party (at that stage known as the Mature Age Party) had intended to contest the 2015 Queensland election, but was

title: Liberal Party of Australia

text: Liberal-National Coalition led by Barry O'Farrell won government with the largest election victory in post-war Australian history at the State Election. In Queensland, the Liberal and National parties merged in 2008 to form the new Liberal National Party of Queensland (registered as the Queensland Division of the Liberal Party of Australia). In March 2012, the new party achieved Government in an historic landslide, led by former Brisbane Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman. In March 2013, the Western Australian Liberal-National government won re-election while the party won government in Tasmania in 2014 and lost their fourth election in a row at the

title: 1996 Democratic Party presidential primaries

text: 1996 Democratic Party presidential primaries The 1996 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1996 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent President Bill Clinton was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1996 Democratic National Convention held from August 26 to August 29, 1996, in Chicago, Illinois. With the advantage of incumbency, Bill Clinton's path to renomination by the Democratic Party was uneventful. At the 1996 Democratic National Convention, Clinton - along with incumbent Vice

title: Communist Party of Australia

text: Miles, Lance Sharkey and Richard Dixon, was imposed on the party by the Communist International, and remained in control for the next 30 years. During the 1930s the party experienced some growth, particularly after 1935 when Communist International changed its policy in favour of a "united front against fascism." The Movement Against War and Fascism was founded to bring together all opponents of fascism under a communist controlled umbrella organisation. The movement instigated the events which led to the attempted exclusion of Egon Kisch from Australia in late 1934 and early 1935. The Communist Party began to win positions in

text: state election but the Moore Ministry would only last one term amidst the challenges of the Great Depression, being defeated in 1932. Following a second defeat in 1935, the CPNP split into separate Country Party and United Australia Party branches. Ted Maher led the party to further defeats in 1938 and 1941. Then in April of the latter year, the new federal leader of the party Arthur Fadden, MP for the Queensland Division of Darling Downs, sought to merge the Country and United Australia parties. Only in Queensland did this yield much success with the two parliamentary parties forming the

title: Communist Party of Australia (current)

text: total of 36 years. The old CPA was dissolved in 1991. The SPA, believing itself to be the rightful successor to the original CPA formed in 1920, changed its name to Communist Party of Australia at its 8th Party National Congress in October 1996. After Symon's death, party president, Hannah Middleton, was elected general secretary by the 11th Party National Congress in October 2009. Vinicio Molina succeeded Middleton as party president. Bob Briton was elected general secretary at the 12th Party Congress in 2013. Michael Perth contested the seat of Port Adelaide in the 1998 and in the 2001 federal

title: Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party

text: of the vote, losing ground from the combined score of UATT and AI in the 1983 election (14.4%), but joined the provincial government, led by Christian Democracy (DC). In the 1993 provincial election the party, with 20.2%, secured the best result ever for Trentino autonomists, due to the crisis of the DC. The PATT's leader, Carlo Andreotti, was President of the Province of Trento for the successive five years, at the head of a coalition composed of the PATT and the Italian People's Party, DC's successor, and some minor parties. In 1996 splinters from the PATT, led by Sergio Casagranda

title: Communist Party of Australia (Marxist–Leninist)

text: University in Adelaide through their front group, the 'Worker-Student Alliance'. A notable leader of the Worker-Student Alliance at this time was veteran political activist Albert Langer. The party also held considerable sway within the Australian trade union movement from inception through to the 1980s. Clarrie O'Shea was party Vice-President at the time of his gaoling in 1969, which led to an unprecedented general strike across Australia until his release was secured. Norm Gallagher led the Builders Labourers Federation for over a decade, a time during which he was a nationally known and controversial figure. Other party members, such as John

title: What Happened to Jean

text: raised a reported £2,000. What Happened to Jean What Happened to Jean is a 1918 Australian silent film shot in South Australia. It is a lost film. Country girl Jean sets out to see the world. She arrives in Adelaide, runs into villainous Ashbourne, and wins a car in a competition conducted by the Trench Comfort Fund. She meets a socialite called Mrs de Tafford, who misses her long-lost daughter. Mrs de Tafford adopts Jean and promotes her in society. Jean attends a garden party and government house and is sent to a boarding school to complete her education. She

title: What Happened to Jean

text: What Happened to Jean What Happened to Jean is a 1918 Australian silent film shot in South Australia. It is a lost film. Country girl Jean sets out to see the world. She arrives in Adelaide, runs into villainous Ashbourne, and wins a car in a competition conducted by the Trench Comfort Fund. She meets a socialite called Mrs de Tafford, who misses her long-lost daughter. Mrs de Tafford adopts Jean and promotes her in society. Jean attends a garden party and government house and is sent to a boarding school to complete her education. She discovers that she is

title: 1996 Ansett Australia Cup

text:
13. Essendon
 14. Geelong
 15. Hawthorn
 16. Melbourne 1996 Ansett Australia Cup The 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 1996 Premiership Season began. It culminated the Final in March 1996. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins. 1. St. Kilda
 2. Carlton
 3. West Coast
 4. North Melbourne
 5. Collingwood
 6. Brisbane
 7. Footscray
 8. Adelaide
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title: 1996 Ansett Australia Cup

text:
1996 Ansett Australia Cup The 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 1996 Premiership Season began. It culminated the Final in March 1996. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins. 1. St. Kilda
 2. Carlton
 3. West Coast
 4. North Melbourne
 5. Collingwood
 6. Brisbane
 7. Footscray
 8. Adelaide
 9. Sydney
 10. Fremantle
 11. Fitzroy
 12. Richmond

title: Democratic Party (Japan, 1996)

text: members of Sakigake. At its formation, it had 39 parliamentarians. The party won 52 seats in the 1996 general election, becoming the second-largest opposition party after the New Frontier Party. In April 1998, the party was augmented by former members of the New Frontier Party, which had collapsed in December 1997, increasing it to 90 seats. It was then relaunched as the Democratic Party of Japan upon its merger with the Good Governance Party ("Minseitō"), New Fraternity Party and Democratic Reform Party. Democratic Party (Japan, 1996) The was a centrist political party in Japan, and one of the forerunners to

title: Liberal Party (Chile, 1983)

text: Brandt, Gastón Ureta, Gonzalo Gazmuri, Guillermo Toro and Claudio Cerda. Eventually, it started taking a decidedly oppositional character to Pinochet's regime, which led them to join the Democratic Alliance in October 1984. Subsequently signed the National Agreement and constituted the ephemeral "Democratic Federation" () in 1985 with the National Party and the Republican Party. It made its first convention in October 1986. The alignment of the liberals with the opposition led some critics party members decided to secede from the main Liberal Party. These factions, separated between 1985 and 1987, form the Reformist Liberal Party ("Partido Liberal Reformista"), the Unionist

title: Pauline's United Australia Party

text: had returned as One Nation leader, following support from One Nation party members. She has since been elected to the Senate. Pauline's United Australia Party Pauline's United Australia Party was an Australian political party launched by One Nation founder Pauline Hanson on 24 May 2007 and registered by the Australian Electoral Commission on 20 September 2007. The party draws on the name but is unrelated to the historic United Australia Party which existed from 1931 to 1945. Hanson formed the party in order to ensure that her name appeared above the line (as per the voting method in Australian federal

title: Communist Party of Australia (current)

text: The Communist Party of Australia received its first electoral win with the election of Tony Oldfield in local government elections on 8 September 2012 to Auburn City Council, New South Wales. The Communist Party of Australia planned to run candidates in the 2016 federal election, but their attempt at registration was rejected. Communist Party of Australia (current) The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) is a minor political party in Australia which was founded in 1971 as the Socialist Party of Australia (SPA) by former members of the Communist Party of Australia who resigned or were expelled from that party as

title: Unite Australia Party

text: similarity of the names, the Unite Australia Party was not connected to the United Australia Party, which was the forerunner to the Liberal Party of Australia. Unite Australia Party The Unite Australia Party (UAP) was a short-lived Australian political party that existed in the late 1980s. In December 1986, Senator John Siddons, former deputy leader of the Australian Democrats, quit the Democrats to form the UAP, arguing that the Democrats under leader Janine Haines had moved too far to the left on key issues and was no longer representative of small 'l' liberal values. Initially composed of disaffected Democrats, the

title: Communist Party of Australia (current)

text: The CPA leadership had become increasingly critical of the Soviet Union, particularly over the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Dissidents took the view that the CPA should not become a left social-democratic party, and should continue as a Marxist–Leninist party. The group was described as pro-Soviet hardliners. Their position put them at odds with the CPA leadership. The SPA was led by a group of veteran trade union officials such as Pat Clancy and Peter Symon. Clancy resigned from the SPA in 1983, and Symon was the general secretary from its formation until his death in December 2008, a

title: Communist Party of Australia (current)

text: Communist Party of Australia (current) The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) is a minor political party in Australia which was founded in 1971 as the Socialist Party of Australia (SPA) by former members of the Communist Party of Australia who resigned or were expelled from that party as a result of their opposition to policy changes. The current Communist Party remains a traditional, albeit tiny, Communist Party, proclaiming itself to be a Marxist–Leninist party whose ultimate objective is the revolutionary transformation of Australian society and the establishment of socialism in Australia. It describes its objective as being to "change the

title: National Party of Australia

text: Party in South Australia which merged with the Liberal Federation to become the Liberal and Country League in 1932. The Nationals have had a very intermittent history of organising in Tasmania compared to the main states with limited electoral success. The most recent attempt began in 2013 but disagreements between the state and federal parties led to the latter cutting ties and the state party renamed itself the Tasmania Party before disappearing off the scene. In May 2018 federal senator Steve Martin joined the party and declared he would seek to relaunch it in the state. The Nationals were stung

title: Health Australia Party

text: Health Australia Party The Health Australia Party (HAP) is a centrist political party in Australia, founded in 2013 as the Natural Medicine Party. It was rebranded as the Health Australia Party in 2015. The Health Australia Party first contested an election under that name in 2016, where it secured almost 1.2% of first preference votes in New South Wales and less than 0.5% in three other states. The party also contested the 2018 Victorian state election, running for five legislative council seats. The party has been criticised in the main for being anti-vaccination, although the party itself has denied this.

title: Western Australia Party

text: to be lodged by 15 July 2018. Julie Matheson is the registered officer of the Western Australia Party. It was granted registration on 30 August 2018. Western Australia Party The Western Australia Party is a registered political party in Western Australia, established by Julie Matheson as Julie Matheson for Western Australia to contest the 2017 state election. It was registered by the Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) on 18 October 2016. Matheson established the party amid community anger over the government introducing Development Assessment Panels while she was a member of the City of Subiaco council. The party endorsed candidates

title: National Party of Australia (SA)

text: National Party of Australia (SA) The National Party of Australia (S.A.) Inc. is a political party in South Australia, and an affiliated state party of the National Party of Australia. Like the National Party of Western Australia, it is an independent party and not part of the Liberal/National Coalition. First contesting the 1965 state election, the party has held two seats at alternating periods; Peter Blacker (1973–1993) in Flinders and Karlene Maywald (1997–2010) in Chaffey. The Country Party had previously been affiliated in South Australia from 1917 to 1932, when it merged with the Liberal Federation to form the Liberal

title: What? (party game)

text: What? (party game) What? is a party game of bluffing and guessing created by David Manga . It is designed for 5 or more players, ages 14 and up. The game can be played by scoring points, playing to a certain number of ‘rounds’ or played loosely as topic cards for conversation starters at office or dinner parties. Games Magazine named, “What?” the “Best Party Game Runner Up” for 2009 (released in December 2008 issue). Each What? card has three category questions that each equal one ‘round’. Question 1 is a General category with short snappy questions that always begin

title: Mature Australia Party

text: Mature Australia Party The Mature Australia Party was a minor political party registered for federal elections in Australia between 2014 and 2017. The Mature Australia Party (at that stage known as the Mature Age Party) had intended to contest the 2015 Queensland election, but was not organised in time when the election was called early. In the 2016 federal election Mature Australia fielded two senate candidates in each mainland state, plus one in each of Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. It also endorsed two House of Representatives candidates in Western Australia and one each in New South Wales and

title: National Party of Australia (SA)

text: in 2013, they would have been part of the Coalition. National Party of Australia (SA) The National Party of Australia (S.A.) Inc. is a political party in South Australia, and an affiliated state party of the National Party of Australia. Like the National Party of Western Australia, it is an independent party and not part of the Liberal/National Coalition. First contesting the 1965 state election, the party has held two seats at alternating periods; Peter Blacker (1973–1993) in Flinders and Karlene Maywald (1997–2010) in Chaffey. The Country Party had previously been affiliated in South Australia from 1917 to 1932, when

title: Pirate Party Australia

text: Pirate Party Australia Pirate Party Australia is a political party in Australia that has traditionally represented civil liberty issues, but has also expanded into more traditional areas of policy. It is a Pirate Party which is based on the Pirate Party of Sweden, and has continued to develop a comprehensive policy platform since its formation based on the Pirate ethos. The Pirate Party was founded in 2008 by Rodney Serkowski with the launch of a website and a wiki, and a request for contributions. In 2009, the first National Council of the Party was elected. Pirate Party Australia was formally