Australian Liberal Party Articles

Over the past four years Australia has seen a continued attack on its core Westminster principles of government, led almost exclusively by the Liberal-National coalition. How should we respond as a progressive movement to these attacks? Should we aim high, or...

Australia has a new prime minister, again Malcolm Turnbull has long been Tony Abbott’s nemesis. My first contact with both was as a teenager campaigning for Australia to become a republic at the 1999 referendum. Turnbull was leading the Australian Republican Movement,...

If you feel frustration with current British politics, then a glance at Australia may make you feel a little better. Since my recent arrival in Australia, most conversations have started with an apology for the soap opera that many believe has engulfed Australian...

There is nothing newsworthy about politicians breaking promises nowadays. Yet the conservative Australian government led by prime minister Tony Abbott has handed down its first budget since coming to office - and it turns out that this budget of broken promises was...