Parties of Australia By Dinithi Perera

Party ideology is called Liberalism. The Liberal Party of Australia is one of the two major Australian political parties. The liberal party was founded in 1945 to replace the United Australia Party The Liberal Party runs in a Coalition with the National Party, the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party, and Queensland Liberal branch.

It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia. The party competes against the Liberal/National Coalition for political office at the federal and state (and sometimes local).. In the state and territory parliaments, Labor governs in South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.