TNL (political party)
TNL, formerly registered as The New Liberals, is an Australian political party formed in 2019. Victor Kline, a barrister from Sydney, is the party's first and current leader. The party is underpinned by its Constitution and its Charter of Core Values, the latter of which outlines what party believes to be the basic needs of human beings and includes such points as basing Australia’s economic development on policies of incentive, establishing a simple and just tax system, and understanding that education is the bedrock of a great society and to guarantee the liberty of all .   The party endorses Modern Monetary Theory as the core of their economic policy, and publish declarations of political donations they receive in real time. Foundation and registration. Victor Kline and three friends founded The New Liberals in response to what they saw as "a government that had apparently mastered the art of bare-faced corruption and an opposition that seemed incapable of calling them out". Kline has claimed that the word "liberal" has been twisted into a misnomer by the Liberal Party of Australia, and that many moderate disaffected Liberal and ex-Liberal voters have been attracted to The New  Liberals. The party's registration was approved by the Australian Electoral Commission on 3 June 2021. This was despite the Liberal Party of Australia's attempts to block it due to the similarity in party names and causing potential confusion in electors. However, due to changes to the "Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918" regarding party names, this decision was overturned by the Australian Electoral Commission and the party's registration was revoked on 7 December 2021. The party was re-registered again simply as TNL on 17 March 2022. Policies. Some of the party's key policies include: Electoral history. In  the 2020 Eden-Monaro by-election, Karen Porter ran as an Independent under the New Liberals banner. Porter received 1.28% of votes. As of 20 March 2022, TNL has endorsed 19 candidates in five states for the 2022 federal election, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Christian Porter case. In June 2021, Kline announced that he, along with party candidate and former prosecutor Vania Holt, would be pursuing a private criminal case against Christian Porter over the historical rape allegations he is facing.