Liberal Party Of Australia Moderates
The Moderates, also known as Modern Liberals, Small-L Liberals or Liberal Left, are members, supporters, voters and a faction of the Australian Liberal Party who are typically fiscally conservative, but progressive on social and environmental policies.
They compete with the Liberal Party's other two major factions: The National Right and the Centre Right.
Moderate Faction Modern Liberals | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ML |
| Leader | Simon Birmingham |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Associated party | Liberal |
| Colours | Blue |
| House of Representatives | 9 / 40 (2023 seats) |
| Senate | 6 / 25 (2024 seats) |
| Tasmanian House of Assembly | 3 / 11 |
Geographical base
Moderate Liberals often represent inner-city and wealthy House of Representatives seats or are in the Senate. The Moderates are noted as having very little presence in the states of Queensland and Western Australia, while in Victoria the nominal Moderate faction is not affiliated with those of the other states. The Moderates are the dominant faction in New South Wales and have provided all of the past three Liberal leaders in Tasmania (all of whom served as Premier).
Membership
Prominent moderates include former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, former Foreign Affairs Minister and former Deputy Leader Julie Bishop, former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne, former Attorney-General George Brandis, and former Liberal-turned-independent MP Julia Banks.
Prominent moderates in the Morrison government included Senate leader Simon Birmingham, Marise Payne, Paul Fletcher and Linda Reynolds.
At the state level, three Liberal leaders are from this faction: Mark Speakman (the New South Wales Opposition Leader), John Pesutto (the Victorian Opposition Leader) and Jeremy Rockliff (the current Tasmanian Premier). Prominent Moderates in New South Wales include Gladys Berejiklian (the 45th Premier of New South Wales), Matt Kean (the faction's leader in New South Wales and former deputy leader of the party), Rob Stokes (a former Cabinet minister) and Natalie Ward (the party's deputy leader in New South Wales). Prominent Moderates in other states include Georgie Crozier and David Southwick in Victoria; John Gardner, Vincent Tarzia, Josh Teague and Tim Whetstone in South Australia; and Peter Gutwein and Will Hodgman in Tasmania (who both served as Premier).
Current federal House members
As of 9 April 2023[update].
- Bridget Archer (Bass, Tasmania)
- Angie Bell (Moncrieff, Queensland)
- David Coleman (Banks, New South Wales)
- Warren Entsch (Leichhardt, Queensland)
- Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, New South Wales)
- Julian Leeser (Berowra, New South Wales)
- Sussan Ley (Farrer, New South Wales)
- James Stevens (Sturt, South Australia)
- Jenny Ware (Hughes, New South Wales)
Current federal Senate members
As of March 2024[update]
- Simon Birmingham (South Australia)
- Andrew Bragg (New South Wales)
- Richard Colbeck (Tasmania)
- Jane Hume (Victoria)
- Dave Sharma (New South Wales)
- Maria Kovacic (New South Wales)
Former federal House members
Former federal Senate members
See also
Notes
References
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