Coalition (Australia)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Coalition in Australian politics refers to a group of centre-right parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922. The Coalition partners are the Liberal Party of Australia (or its predecessors before 1945) and the National Party of Australia (known as the Australian Country Party from 1921-1975 and the National Country Party of Australia from 1975-1982); although this includes merged versions of these parties in the Northern Territory and Queensland. The Coalition's main rival for government is invariably the centre-left Australian Labor Party. Except for Queensland, the Liberal party has almost always been the stronger Coalition partner, so it is the Liberal leader who usually becomes the Prime Minister or Premier if the parties win government.