What does the Liberal party stand for and how has it changed over the years? Take a look back at what's shaped the Liberal party of today auspol2019 auspol AusVotes2019
There's no other figure that looms larger over the Liberal Party of Australia than Sir Robert Menzies.
He rose to be Australia's longest-serving prime minister, holding the position twice - from 1939 to 1941, and from 1949 to 1966 - a total of 18 years and five months.His first term as PM commenced in 1939 under the now extinct United Australia Party, as the threat of war was growing in Europe. That led to Governor General Sir John Kerr withdrawing Mr Whitlam's commission as prime minister on 11 November and installing Mr Fraser as interim prime minister.Economically conservative but socially quite progressive, his government continued and extended Labor-initiated reforms such as the Family Court; it established the Special Broadcasting Service and declared parts of the Great Barrier Reef as a marine park.John Howard wearing a bulletproof vest in a 1996 rally.
That election triggered a period in Australian political history of unstable leadership on both major sides of politics. AAP
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