COALITION

Coalition

In Australian federal politics, the Coalition is a formal alliance of broadly centre-right parties, existing in various forms since the 1922 federal election. The partners in the alliance are the Liberal Party, the National Party, the Country Liberal Party, and the Liberal National Party . Notable previous partners were the Nationalist Party and the United Australia Party, both predecessors of the current Liberal Party. The extent to which these parties are in alliance varies at state and territory level. At one extreme, the National Party of Western Australia and The Nationals South Australia currently compete alongside the Liberals, while the CLP and LNP, ...

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coalition

Noun

  1. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
    The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.


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