Young Liberals (Australia)
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| Young Liberal Movement | |
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| Leader | Mark Powell |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | Cnr Blackall & Macquarie St Barton ACT 2600 |
| Political Ideology | neo-liberal |
| International Affiliation | International Young Democrat Union |
| Website | [Young Liberal Movement] |
| See also | Politics of Australia Political parties Elections |
The Young Liberal Movement, or the Young Liberals, is the youth-division of the Liberal Party of Australia, and membership is open to those between 16 and 30 years of age. Young Liberals have full party-membership, and have the choice of which part they join. They are active in Liberal Party campaigning during all state and federal elections.
The Young Liberal Movement was first formed on 12 December, 1945, just a few months after the official inauguration of the Liberal Party on the 31 October in the same year, and, as for the Party proper, much of the credit for its creation can be attributed to Robert Menzies. The formation occurred through a meeting at the Melbourne Town Hall, at which 750 people were present.[link]
The Movement soon spread from Victoria to the other states of Australia, and by 1946 it played an important role in the electoral campaign of the Liberal Party.
The Young Liberals today are one of the largest divisions of the wider Liberal Party of Australia, and are major contributors to policy development and campaigning at election time.
The Movement is predominately organised on the state division level, with each state organising its own events and policy and electing its own executive. A national executive also exists with representatives made up from delegates from each state division. Policy can also be adopted by the Movement's federal body.
The current Federal President of the Young Liberals is Mark Powell.
The Young Liberal Movement is a separate movement to the Liberal students who are based around campus clubs that support the Liberal party but are not officially apart of it. The two groups are ideologically quite different with Young Liberals more aligned with the moderate wing of the party while Liberal students are considered to be more aligned with the ideological foundations of the Liberal party and with classic liberalism.[[Citing sources citation needed]] While the Young Liberal is the peak body of local Young Liberal branches, Liberal students are represented by the Australian Liberal Students Federation
Dr John Hewson former Federal Leader has expressed concern about an "extreme right takeover of the Young Liberals". This view was supported by former Liberal State Executive in a Four Corners episode. [link]
External links
- [Young Liberal Movement of Australia]
- *[Victorian Division]
- *[New South Wales Division]
- *[Queensland Division]
- *[South Australian Division]
- *[ACT Division]
- [The Liberal Party of Australia]
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