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* National Party of Australia

* National Party of Australia

   

   

Despite the name, the Liberal Party, which has been in power in Australia since 1996, is conservative in political stance, a paradox established since the years that Sir Robert Menzies was Prime Minister. Menzies helped found the Liberal Party in 1944 and was the Prime Minister from 1939 until 1941 and then again from 1949 until 1966. <ref> [http://www.liberals.net/liberalpartyhistory.htm History of the Liberal Party in Australia]</ref>The liberal term refers to the party's apparent laissez-faire approach to economic management.

Despite the name, the Liberal Party, which has been in power in Australia since 1996, is conservative in political stance, a paradox established since the years that Sir Robert Menzies was Prime Minister. Menzies helped found the Liberal Party in 1944 and was the Prime Minister from 1939 until 1941 and then again from 1949 until 1966. <ref> [http://www.liberals.net/liberalpartyhistory.htm History of the Liberal Party in Australia]</ref>The liberal term refers to the party's predominantly free-market approach to economic management.

== Prime Ministers of Australia ==

== Prime Ministers of Australia ==