National Right (Liberal Party of Australia)
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National Right Conservative Right | |
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Abbreviation | NR, CR |
Leader | Peter Dutton[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Right-wing |
National affiliation | Liberal |
Colours | Blue |
Seats in the House of Representatives | 12 / 151 |
Seats in the Senate | 10 / 76 |
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The National Right,[1] also known as the Conservatives,[2] the Hard Right[3] is one of three factions (the other two are the Moderates and the Centre Right)[4] within the federal Liberal Party of Australia. Reportedly concerned more with social issues,[1] the faction is the most organised[1] and reactionary of the three,[5][6] with the loudest voices of dissent within the party coming from the faction.[5] During the Prime Ministership of Malcolm Turnbull, the faction (of which Turnbull was not a member) rose in size and influence,[7] and between 2019–2022 it underwent a change of its leadership and most prominent members, including Tony Abbott, Eric Abetz and Kevin Andrews,[1] and included former Liberal Party Senators Cory Bernardi and Mathias Cormann.[8] The faction also has a significant young membership, with members Michael Sukkar (factional leader),[9] Andrew Hastie, James Paterson and former Senator Amanda Stoker all being Millennials.[10][failed verification]
The current leader of the faction is Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton.[11]
Membership
Current MPs
Name | Constituency | Other positions | State/Territory |
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Peter Dutton | Member for Dickson | Leader of the Opposition
Leader of the Liberal Party Minister for Defence 2021–2022 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection 2014–2021 |
QLD |
Michaelia Cash | Senator for Western Australia | Former Attorney-General of Australia
Former Minister for Industrial Relations Former Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate |
WA |
Michael Sukkar | Member for Deakin | Former Assistant Treasurer | VIC |
Angus Taylor | Member for Hume | Former Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction | NSW |
Alex Antic | Senator for South Australia | SA | |
Andrew Hastie | Member for Canning | WA | |
James Paterson | Senator for Victoria | Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security | VIC |
Gerard Rennick | Senator for Queensland | QLD | |
Garth Hamilton | Member for Groom | QLD | |
Slade Brockman | Senator for Western Australia | Former President of the Senate | WA |
Phillip Thompson | Member for Herbert | QLD | |
Luke Howarth | Member for Petrie | Former Assistant Minister for Youth and Employment Services | QLD |
Tony Pasin | Member for Barker | SA | |
Rick Wilson | Member for O'Connor | WA | |
Matt O'Sullivan | Senator for Western Australia | WA | |
Ian Goodenough | Member for Moore | WA | |
Jonathon Duniam | Senator for Tasmania | TAS | |
Claire Chandler | Senator for Tasmania | TAS | |
Gavin Pearce | Member for Braddon | TAS |
Former MPs
Name | Constituency | Other positions | State/Territory |
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Tony Abbott | Member for Warringah 1994–2019 |
Former Prime Minister of Australia | NSW |
Eric Abetz | Senator for Tasmania 1994-2022 | Leader of the Government in the Senate 2013–2015 Minister for Employment 2013–2015 |
TAS |
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Senator for New South Wales 2005-2022 | Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Turnbull Government 2016–2018 | NSW |
Kevin Andrews | Member for Menzies 1991–2022 |
Former Minister for Defence Former Minister for Social Services |
VIC |
Gladys Liu | Member for Chisholm 2019–2022 |
VIC | |
Amanda Stoker | Senator for Queensland | Former Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General | QLD |
Nicolle Flint | Member for Boothby 2016–2022 |
SA | |
Christian Porter | Member for Pearce 2013–2022 |
Former Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Former Attorney-General Leader of the House Former Minister for Industrial Relations Former Minister for Social Services |
WA |
Zed Seselja | Former Senator for Australian Capital Territory 2013–2022 |
Former Minister for International Development and the Pacific Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs 2016–2017 |
ACT |
Alan Tudge | Member for Aston 2010–2023 |
Minister for Education and Youth 2020–2021 Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure 2018–2020 Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs 2017–2018 Minister for Human Services 2016–2017 |
VIC |
See also
- Liberal factions:
- Lyons Forum (1992-2004) Conservative faction
- Conservatism in Australia
- Labor Right
- Thatcherism
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Massola, James (21 March 2021). "Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions?". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Nicholls, Sean; Selvaratnam, Naomi; March, Stephanie (7 July 2022). "Liberals accuse each other's factions of 'thuggish behaviour' and being 'a cancer that's infected the party'". ABC News - Four Corners. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ Rabe, Tom (6 August 2019). "'Absolute pain': Internal division exposed in Liberal feud". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ Davies, Anne (23 January 2022). "The Right stuff: why shellshocked NSW Liberal moderates are fearing factional fights". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ a b Gauja, Anika; Chen, Peter; Curtin, Jennifer; Pietsch, Juliet, eds. (2018). Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election. ANU Press. doi:10.22459/DD.04.2018. ISBN 9781760461867.
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: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ O'Malley, Nick (27 October 2018). "Who is the 'base' the conservative faction of the Liberal Party keep talking about?". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Norman, Jane (18 June 2018). "The Liberals' conservative faction is growing — and so is its influence over the party". ABC News.
- ^ Packham, Ben; Kelly, Joe (5 August 2011). "Liberal row widens over Turnbull". The Australian.
- ^ Crowe, David (28 May 2021). "Liberal faction wars could snare PM in puppet master's strings". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Tillett, Andrew (23 August 2019). "The rise of the next generation of factional leaders". Australian Financial Review.
- ^ Stayner, Tom (26 May 2022). "Who is the new leader of the Liberal party Peter Dutton?". SBS News.