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Since they're all interchangeable bastards, we don't bother remembering any politician's names, so the only ones the average Aussie will know (apart from Harold Holt above, or WWII PM John Curtin, or Robert Menzies post-WWII) are the last dozen-or-so Prime Ministers: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.

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Since they're all interchangeable bastards, bastards[[note]]There have been two Prime Ministers named Anthony within the space of a decade (2013 & 2022)[[/note]], we don't bother remembering any politician's names, so the only ones the average Aussie will know (apart from Harold Holt above, or WWII PM John Curtin, or Robert Menzies post-WWII) are the last dozen-or-so Prime Ministers: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.
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* '''Liberal Democratic Party''': Another new party which gained a federal Senate seat in 2013, representing New South Wales (where it notably outpolled the Greens). Currently only holds two state seats in the Victorian Legislative Council, though they briefly regained representation in the federal Senate from April to May of 2022 when ex-Country Liberal senator Sam [=McMahon=] joined the party. Formed in the mid-2000s by economist John Humphreys and allied with the Australian Libertarian Society. Unlike the British party of the same name, the LDP supports both social liberalism (being socially to the left of even the Greens; supporting ending the drug war, monopolizing the gambling market, and supporting same-sex marriage and freer immigration) and economic liberalism (in the [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies classical liberal]] sense of the term (being economically to the right of the Australian Liberal Party); supporting free markets, deregulation of the labor market, ending barriers to international trade). Roughly the Australian equivalent to the Libertarian Party in the United States or the Free Democratic Party in Germany.


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* '''Liberal Democratic '''Libertarian Party''': Another new party which gained a federal Senate seat in 2013, representing New South Wales (where it notably outpolled the Greens). Currently only holds two seats at state seats and local government level in the Victorian Legislative Council, NSW & Victoria, though they briefly regained representation in the federal Senate from April to May of 2022 when ex-Country Liberal senator Sam [=McMahon=] joined the party. Formed Originally founded in 2001 as the mid-2000s Liberal Democratic Party by economist John Humphreys and allied with the Australian Libertarian Society. Unlike the British party of Liberal Democratic Party, the same name, the LDP LP supports both social liberalism (being socially to the left of even the Greens; supporting ending the drug war, monopolizing the gambling market, and supporting same-sex marriage and freer immigration) and economic liberalism (in the [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies classical liberal]] sense of the term (being economically to the right of the Australian Liberal Party); supporting free markets, deregulation of the labor market, ending barriers to international trade). Roughly the Australian equivalent to the Libertarian Party in the United States or the Free Democratic Party in Germany.

Germany. Not to be confused with the earlier Libertarian Party of Australia, originally founded in 1977 and now known as Liberty Australia.

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