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- Australia_Party abstract "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 – hence ending 23 years of Liberal/Country Party coalition federal government. The Australia Party was not connected with the Australian Party, which was set up by Billy Hughes in 1930.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 assisted in the funding by Ken Thomas of TNT Transport and with the party organisation and branch establishment by Nick Gorshenin, Sydney shark meshing contractor and North Sydney council alderman. Gordon Barton and Ken Thomas sponsored a full page advertisement in the Sydney Morning Herald on 22nd October, 1966 when US President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Sydney lamenting the involvement of Australian troops in the Vietnam War. At this time no political party was opposed to Australian involvement in the war. Nick Gorshenin rang Gordon Barton that evening and they decided to form the Liberal Reform Group. They used their various contacts to establish the initial branches in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle and Gold Coast. The \"Australia Party\" name was adopted in 1969 by which time it was also attracting disaffected Australian Labor Party (ALP) supporters. The party contested state and federal elections, achieving its best results in 1972. Though failing to win any seats, by directing their preferences to the ALP, they greatly assisted them to win government for the first time since 1949. Its poll performance declined a little in 1974 and again in the 1975 federal election, however by this stage the Australia Party had replaced the 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. 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 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 Labour 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 eclipsed by the Greens in the 2004 federal election.".
- Australia_Party extinctionYear "1977".
- Australia_Party formationYear "1969".
- Australia_Party ideology Conscription.
- Australia_Party ideology Social_liberalism.
- Australia_Party leader Reg_Turnbull.
- Australia_Party mergedIntoParty Australian_Democrats.
- Australia_Party wikiPageID "185052".
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- Australia_Party wikiPageRevisionID "708106038".
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Alan_Fitzgerald_(satirist).
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Capital_Territory_Advisory_Council.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Democrats.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Greens.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Labor_Party.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Australian_federal_election,_1972.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Australian_federal_election,_1975.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Australian_federal_election,_1977.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Brisbane.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_liberal_political_parties.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_political_parties_in_Australia.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Category:Liberal_parties_in_Australia.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Category:Political_parties_established_in_1969.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Centrism.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Coalition_(Australia).
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Colin_Mason.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Conscription.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Labor_Party_(historical).
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Gold_Coast,_Queensland.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Gordon_Barton.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Independent_politician.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Jean_Jenkins_(politician).
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink John_Siddons.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Liberal_Party_of_Australia.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Liberal_Reform_Group.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Liberal_democracy.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Liberalism.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Liberalism_by_country.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Liberalism_in_Australia.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink List_of_liberal_theorists.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Lyndon_B._Johnson.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Melbourne.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink National_Party_of_Australia.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink New_Liberal_Movement.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Newcastle,_New_South_Wales.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink President_of_the_United_States.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Reg_Turnbull.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Sid_Spindler.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Social_liberalism.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Sydney.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink TNT_Express.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink The_Sydney_Morning_Herald.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLink Vietnam_War.
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLinkText "AP".
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLinkText "Australia Party".
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLinkText "Australia".
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLinkText "Liberal Reform Group".
- Australia_Party wikiPageWikiLinkText "Liberal Reform Movement".
- Australia_Party country "Australia".
- Australia_Party ideology "Opposition to conscription, social liberalism".
- Australia_Party leader Reg_Turnbull.
- Australia_Party merged Australian_Democrats.
- Australia_Party name "Australia Party".
- Australia_Party position Centrism.
- Australia_Party predecessor Liberal_Reform_Group.
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- Australia_Party subject Category:Defunct_liberal_political_parties.
- Australia_Party subject Category:Defunct_political_parties_in_Australia.
- Australia_Party subject Category:Liberal_parties_in_Australia.
- Australia_Party subject Category:Political_parties_established_in_1969.
- Australia_Party hypernym Party.
- Australia_Party type Agent.
- Australia_Party type Organisation.
- Australia_Party type PoliticalParty.
- Australia_Party type Establishment.
- Australia_Party type Organisation.
- Australia_Party type Organization.
- Australia_Party type Organization.
- Australia_Party type Organization.
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- Australia_Party type SocialPerson.
- Australia_Party type Thing.
- Australia_Party type Q43229.
- Australia_Party type Q7278.
- Australia_Party comment "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 – hence ending 23 years of Liberal/Country Party coalition federal government.".
- Australia_Party label "Australia Party".
- Australia_Party sameAs Q781308.
- Australia_Party sameAs Australia_Party.
- Australia_Party sameAs m.0198l2.
- Australia_Party sameAs Q781308.
- Australia_Party wasDerivedFrom Australia_Party?oldid=708106038.
- Australia_Party isPrimaryTopicOf Australia_Party.
- Australia_Party name "Australia Party".