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  List of political parties in Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Australia has a strong two-party system; there are two dominant political parties or coalitions, and it is difficult for independents or other parties to gain seats.
Less significant parties include the Australian Greens, a left wing and environmentalist party; the Australian Democrats, a party of middle-class centrists; and the Family First Party, a Christian-influenced party appealing to social conservatives.
List of political parties to browse parties by country
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia   (594 words)

  
 Politics of Australia - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
The government of Australia is a federation, and Australians elect state and territory legislatures as well as a bicameral Parliament of Australia.
The National Party of Australia (formerly the Country Party and now known for electoral purposes as "The Nationals") is a conservative party which represents rural interests.
The list of political parties in Australia comprises the names and federal leaders of significant political parties as well as the names of other parties, including formerly significant parties.
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 The Ultimate Australian Labor Party Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Party mythology says the first Labour branch was founded at a meeting of striking pastoral workers under a tree (the "Tree of Knowledge") in Barcaldine in 1891.
Indeed, during the 1980s the party was responsible for the introduction of many economic policies such as privatisation of government enterprises (such as the Commonwealth Bank, which was itself established by an earlier Labor government), and deregulation of many previously tightly-controlled industries, which are normally the province of conservative governments.
The DLP helped the Liberal Party of Australia remain in power for almost two decades but was successfully undermined by the Whitlam Labor Government during the 1970s and ceased to exist as a parliamentary party after the 1974 election.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Alp   (2215 words)

  
 Political Parties
The only party to have been continuously represented in the House of Representatives since 1901, it experienced three debilitating splits in the twentieth century and has governed federally for about one-third of the years since federation, most recently between 1983-96, under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.
Originally formed from a merger of the Protectionist and Free Trade parties in 1910, the Liberal Party has undergone several reformations, culminating in the present-day party that was formed by its iconic founder, Robert Menzies.
The party was routed in 2001, polling 4.35% of the primary vote, many of its supporters returning to the coalition parties.
www.australianpolitics.com /parties   (585 words)

  
 The world's top australian labor party websites
Party mythology says it was founded at a meeting of agricultural workers under a tree (the "Tree of Knowledge") in Barcaldine, Queensland, in 1891.
The party has historically been committed to socialist economic policies, but, while supporting national wage fixing and a strong welfare system, it did not nationalise private enterprise - an attempt to nationalise the banking system in the 1940s was ruled unconstitutional by the High Court of Australia.
Indeed, during the 1980s the party was responsible for the introduction of many economic policies such as privatization of government enterprises, and deregulation of many previously tightly-controlled industries, which are normally the province of conservative governments.
www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/australian_labor_party   (698 words)

  
 List of political parties : Political parties of the world
Parti du Travail de Belgique (Party of Labour in Belgium)
Latvijas Socialdemokratiska Strandnieku Partija[?] (Socialdemocratic Labour Party of Latvia)
Political parties not belonging to one single entire state
www.fastload.org /po/Political_parties_of_the_world.html   (1025 words)

  
 Australia's Political Parties: More Regulation?
Parties perhaps need to be alert to dangers posed by a decline in public support for their activities, both inside and outside parliament.
Parties which by reason of their aims or the conduct of their adherents seek to impair or do away with the free democratic basic order or threaten the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be unconstitutional.
If the parties' candidate selection rules were, as a condition of funding, to be made available to the public so that voters may judge for themselves the fairness of the processes, then the parties would, insofar at their formal practices are concerned, be more likely to comply with basic democratic standards.
www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/rp/2001-02/02rp21.htm   (11868 words)

  
 Australia: Government, Politics, and Law: Political Parties (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
In addition to general information about the party, its policies, and recent elections, there are full-text publications from the party “think tank,” the Chifley Research Centre, and recent news releases.
Website for one of Australia’s two major political parties, which on the federal level is in coalition with the National Party.
Conservative political party based principally in rural Australia; coalition partners with the Liberal Party.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/main/australia/gov-politics.html   (154 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) [Socialdemocratic Party of Austria]
Srpska Stranka Republike Srpske [Serbian Party of the Serbian Republic]
Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parties.html   (2433 words)

  
 List of political parties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This is a list of political parties around the world in the form of a table including links to the lists of political parties in the countries and entities listed in the list of countries, showing which party system is dominant in each country.
A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections.
Individual parties are properly listed in separate articles under each nation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties   (257 words)

  
 Political Parties Politics East Timor Paige Johnson Tan
In less institutionalized party systems, in contrast, parties rise and fall from election to election, roots in the population are often shallow, charismatic parties flourish, and party organizations and the legitimacy of parties are weak.
Parties with strong roots in society are also unlikely to disappear from one election to the next (they age), providing stability in expectations about the future political constellation as well.
Twelve parties attained seats in the Constituent Assembly via the proportional representation (PR) portion of the race (which was held for 75 of 88 seats), as did one party and one independent candidate competing in the district races (13 of 88 seats).
people.uncw.edu /tanp/polsocpartieset.html   (9416 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to American Political Parties
The party ran nuclear physicist John Hagelin as the NLP Presidential nominee in 1992 (ballot status in 32 stares - 39,000 votes - 0.04%), 1996 (ballot status in 44 states - 7th place - 110,000 votes - 0.1%) and 2000 (ballot status in 39 stares - 7th place - 83,000 votes - 0.08%).
Marxist political organizer James Harris was the SWP Presidential nominee in 1996 (ballot status in 11 states - 8,500 votes - 0.01%) and 2000 (ballot status in 14 states - 7,378 votes - 9th place - 0.01%).
Marxist political organizer and journalist Róger Calero was the SWP Presidential nominee in 2004 -- ballot status in 14 states - 10,791 votes - 9th place - 0.01% -- even though he was constitutionally ineligible as a foreign citizen living in the US as a Permanent Resident Alien.
www.politics1.com /parties.htm   (9405 words)

  
 polparti2004_1
The list is consistent with the Parliamentary Library's role as a provider of information and in no way indicates an endorsement of particular political parties, organisations or web sites.
The following list includes both those parties registered with the Australian Electoral Commission together with those which are not.
Political Parties: Dept. of Politics, University of Keele
www.aph.gov.au /library/intguide/pol/polparti.htm   (229 words)

  
 Washington Week . For Educators . Election 101 | PBS
List of political parties in the U.S. Sample student questionnaire
Hand out copies of the list of all the parties [www.politics1.com] that are currently active in the U.S. Ask students if they have heard of any of the parties.
The permission letter must be signed by the teacher and the proprietor of the polling site and list the names of the students along with the specific date and time they will be conducting the poll.
www.pbs.org /weta/washingtonweek/educators/election.html   (1524 words)

  
 Political parties, interest groups, and other movements around the world
List of political and non-profit organisations on the Internet, maintained by UC-Berkeley's Centre for Community Economic Research
America's Open Debates Foundation is a national foundation committed to networking existing "free election" organizations, every legitimate national party, ballot access and election reform movements into one cooperative, unified and powerful voice.
Third Parties '96 is a movement to build a new mainstream political party
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /parties.htm   (1232 words)

  
 Fayrouz In Beaumont: November 2004
World Vision Australia, a nonprofit relief organization, which operated in Iraq since April 2003 is pulling its relief workers out of Iraq and closing its offices inside Iraq.
Nationalist party: The Assembly For Republic Party led by Raad Mawlood Muklis.
Libral party: The Centrist Assembly Party led by Mahmood Mohammed Jawad.
fayrouz.blogspot.com /2004_11_01_fayrouz_archive.html   (3859 words)

  
 ABC Online - List of Political Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
To the best of our knowledge we have created hotlinks to all known official party sites.
Please email us if you know of any we have missed, and we'll include them in this listing.
Parties running in the previous (1993) Federal Election
www.abc.net.au /election96/parties.htm   (51 words)

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