The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia. It is one of the two major parties in Australian politics,the other being the Australian Labor Party. The Liberal Party was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Australia Party. Historically the most successful political party in Australia’s history,the Liberal Party is now in opposition at a federal level,although it presently holds government in Tasmania,Queensland and the Northern Territory at a sub-national level.
The National Party of Australia,commonly known as the Nationals or simply the Nats,is a centre-right and agrarian political party in Australia. Traditionally representing graziers,farmers,and rural voters generally,it began as the Australian Country Party in 1920 at a federal level.
The Division of Fairfax is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.
Palmwoods is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2021 census,the locality of Palmwoods had a population of 6,357 people.
Buderim is a town in the Sunshine Coast Region,Queensland,Australia. It sits on a 180-metre (590 ft) mountain which overlooks the southern Sunshine Coast communities.
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major conservative political party in Queensland,Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other states,the two parties remain distinct and often operate as a Coalition. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia,and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia.
Troy Elder OAM is a field hockey striker and midfielder from Australia,who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Four years earlier,when Sydney hosted the Olympic Games,Elder finished in third spot with The Kookaburras,as the national team is called.
Gaven is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created out of the former district of Nerang and the southern segment of Albert in the 2001 redistribution,and encompasses the northern growth corridor of the Gold Coast. The current Member of Parliament is Meaghan Scanlon of the Labor Party. It is currently the only Labor-held seat on the Gold Coast.
Kawana is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Sunshine Coast,the district has been held by both sides of politics over its short history.
Steven Lance Dickson is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly beginning in 2006,representing the electorates of Kawana (2006–2009) and Buderim (2009–2017). First elected for the Liberal Party,he joined the Liberal National Party in the 2008 merger,but switched to Pauline Hanson's One Nation in January 2017. He subsequently lost his seat to the LNP candidate at the 2017 election. Dickson served as Minister for National Parks,Recreation,Sport and Racing in the Campbell Newman government from 2012 to 2015.
The 2009 Queensland state election was held on 21 March 2009 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly,a unicameral parliament.
Buderim is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Sunshine Coast,the district is a traditionally safe seat for the Liberal National Party.
Buderim is the central suburb of the town of Buderim in the Sunshine Coast Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2021 census,the suburb of Buderim had a population of 31,430 people.
The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015 to elect all 89 members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
Russell Wigton Skerman was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland from 1962 to 1973. Skerman was the Northern Judge based in Townsville,Northern Queensland from 1962 to 1970. In 1970,he transferred to the Supreme Court in Brisbane until his retirement in 1973. He was also an acting judge of the Supreme Court in Townsville for two months in May and June 1953.
The 2017 Queensland state election was held on 25 November 2017 to elect all 93 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland,the unicameral Parliament of Queensland.
This is a list of members of the 55th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2015 to 2017,as elected at the 2015 election held on 31 January 2015.
Ninderry is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution.
The 2020 Queensland state election was held on 31 October to elect all 93 members to the 57th Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Labor Party was returned to government for a third-term,led by incumbent premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. With 47 seats needed to form a majority government,Labor won 52 seats,including all but five in Brisbane,while the Liberal National Party won 34 seats and formed opposition. On the crossbench,Katter's Australian Party retained its 3 seats,the Queensland Greens picked up South Brisbane for a total of 2,Pauline Hanson's One Nation retained Mirani and independent Sandy Bolton retained her seat of Noosa.
The National Party of Australia –Queensland (NPA-Q),commonly known as the Queensland Nationals,National Party of Queensland or simply the Nationals,was the Queensland branch of the National Party of Australia (NPA) until 2008. Prior to 1974,it was known as the Country Party. The party was disestablished in 2008,when it merged with the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP).
