Liberal+Party

· The Liberal Party is an Australian Political Party, founded in 1944, which replaced the United Australia Party. It competes with the centre left Australian Labor Party for political office. · Sir Robert Menzies was the founder of the Liberal Party and the longest serving member. · The Liberal federally runs in a coalition with the National Party. · In federal politics the liberal party has been in politics since the Howard government lost having previously held power since 1996. · Since 2009 the federal leader of the party has been Tony Abbott with Julie Bishop as Deputy. · The Liberal Party holds 44 out of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 32 out of the 76 seats in the Senate. Its official colour is blue.
 * By Catherine Michos and Briana Chan **

**__ Philosophies: __** · In the 1980s John Howard believed in a Future Directions policy. This promoted a return to the safe and secure 1950’s Australia, with an image of a married couple with two kids and a house with a white picket fence.