John Malcolm Fraser was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Andrew Sharp Peacock was an Australian politician and diplomat. He served as a cabinet minister and went on to become leader of the Liberal Party on two occasions,leading the party to defeat at the 1984 and 1990 elections.
John Robert Hewson AM is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He led the Liberal-National Coalition to defeat at the 1993 Australian federal election.
John Colinton Moore is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives for over 25 years,serving between 1975 and 2001,and was a minister in the Fraser and Howard governments.
Petro Georgiou AO is a Greek Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 1994 to July 2010,representing the Division of Kooyong,Victoria.
Amanda Eloise Vanstone is an Australian former politician and a former Ambassador to Italy. She was a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1984 to 2007,and held several ministerial portfolios in the Howard government. After her resignation from the Senate in 2007,she then served as the Australian Ambassador to Italy until July 2010. Her time as Minister for Immigration was marked by controversies within the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.
Peter Keaston Reith was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1982 to 1983 and from 1984 to 2001,representing the Liberal Party. He was the party's deputy leader from 1990 to 1993,and served as a minister in the Howard government.
Andrew John Robb is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2016,representing the Liberal Party. He served as Minister for Trade and Investment (2013–2016) in the Abbott and Turnbull governments,and also briefly as Minister for Vocational and Further Education in the Howard government in 2007. Before entering parliament,he was the federal director of the Liberal Party and oversaw the party's return to government at the 1996 federal election.
Raymond Steele Hall is a former Australian politician who served as the 36th Premier of South Australia from 1968 to 1970. He also served in the federal Parliament as a senator for South Australia from 1974 to 1977 and federal member for the Division of Boothby from 1981 to 1996.
Paul Anthony Edward Everingham is a former Australian politician who was the head of government of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1977 to 1984,serving as the second and last Majority Leader (1977–1978) and the first Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 1978 to 1984. He represented the northern Darwin seat of Jingili in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1984. He was then elected to the federal House of Representatives,representing the Northern Territory between 1984 and 1987.
Michael John Randal MacKellar was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1994,representing the Division of Warringah. He was Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1975–1979) and Minister for Health (1979–1982) in the Fraser government.
John Winston Howard is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia,having previously served as the treasurer of Australia from 1977 to 1983 under Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the second-longest in Australian history,behind only Sir Robert Menzies. Howard has also been the oldest living Australian former prime minister since the death of Bob Hawke in May 2019.
Neil Anthony Brown is an Australian former politician. He was deputy leader of the Liberal Party and deputy opposition leader from 1985 to 1987,under John Howard. He served as Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs (1981–1982) and Minister for Communications (1982–1983) in the Fraser government.
One Australia was the immigration and ethnic affairs policy of the Liberal-National Opposition in Australia,released in 1988. The One Australia policy proclaimed a vision of "one nation and one future". It called for an end to multiculturalism and opposed a treaty with Aboriginal Australians.
John Charles Hodges is a former Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party,he served as Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs in the Fraser government from 1982 to 1983. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1974 to 1983 and from 1984 to 1987,representing the Queensland seat of Petrie.
The Fraser government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. It was made up of members of a Liberal–Country party coalition in the Australian Parliament from November 1975 to March 1983. Initially appointed as a caretaker government following the dismissal of the Whitlam government,Fraser won in a landslide at the resulting 1975 Australian federal election,and won substantial majorities at the subsequent 1977 and 1980 elections,before losing to the Bob Hawke–led Australian Labor Party in the 1983 election.
Alan Tudge is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives between 2010 and 2023. He was a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022.
Philip Maxwell Ruddock is an Australian politician and the current mayor of Hornsby Shire. He is a Vice Chair of the Global Panel Foundation Australasia.
The Gorton government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister John Gorton. It was made up of members of a Liberal-Country Party coalition in the Australian Parliament from January 1968 to March 1971.
A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 9 May 1989,following internal maneuverings by supporters of John Howard's long-time rival,Andrew Peacock. The spill was won by Andrew Peacock over John Howard by 44 votes to 27.
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