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The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. It is socially and economically conservative, and is traditionally understood as the leading party in Australia’s major right-wing bloc, the Coalition.

Subsidiaries

The following entities are part of, controlled by, or otherwise directly subject to the Liberal Party of Australia.

State branches

Since the Liberal Party’s state branches are considered “divisions” of the federal party, actions relating to those branches are listed on this page.

Timeline

2026, March 12. The Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) announces that Carston Woodhouse will no longer be running as its endorsed candidate for the electoral district of Wright. Woodhouse is a Christian pastor who attracted media attention for past remarks opposing feminism, Islam, marriage equality, and trans rights. Woodhouse’s quoted remarks against trans people run as follows:

You have to understand the insanity of the trans agenda, the fact that this is irreversible damage — this is not a game, it’s not like this cutesy thing that people can choose.1

2026, February 13. After months of leadership speculation, the Liberal party room carries a motion to spill the positions of Leader and Deputy Leader. New elections for both positions are held.

  • The position of Leader is contested by:
    • Sussan Ley MP (Moderate), the incumbent Leader
    • Angus Taylor MP (National Right), the Shadow Minister for Defence
  • The position of Deputy Leader is contested by:
    • Ted O’Brien MP (Moderate), the incumbent Leader
    • Senator Jane Hume (Moderate)
    • Melissa Price MP (Moderate)
    • Dan Tehan MP (National Right)

Ultimately, Taylor wins the position of Leader (34–17), and Hume wins the position of Deputy Leader on the third ballot (30–20).

2026, May 16. In the wake of the Giggle v Tickle decision, announced the previous day, Angus Taylor MP, Leader of the Liberal Party, publishes a Facebook post, reading in part:

… Australian law does not properly protect single sex spaces for women and girls … A coalition [sic] government I lead will fix this. We will amend the Sex Discrimination Act to ensure that women and girls (and men and boys) have protections based on biological sex.

We will define biological sex in the Act. male or female. The sex you are born. And we will protect single-sex spaces across Australian life.

[…]

This will be a first-term priority.2

Footnotes

  1. Kuehl (2025); Leckie (2026). ↩︎
  2. Taylor (2026). ↩︎

References

Kuehl, C. (Host). (2025, April 18). Using your gift in the marketplace (No. 614) [Audio podcast episode]. In ElijahFire. Rumble. Retrieved 12 March 2026.

Leckie, E. (2026, March 11). More views of SA Liberal candidate emerge saying Islam ‘poisonous, wrong’, ‘trans agenda is insanity’. ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 12 March 2026.

Taylor, A. [@angustaylor4hume] (2026, May 16). Yesterday the Full Federal Court confirmed that Australian law does not properly protect single sex spaces for women and girls. … [Page Post]. Facebook (Meta Platforms, Inc.). Retrieved 17 May 2026.

Watson, G. (2026, March 29). Victorian Liberal Moira Deeming loses spot on ballot after party vote. Out in Perth (Speirins Media Pty Ltd). Retrieved 29 March 2026.

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  • Version: 3 (17 May 2026).
  • Created: 12 March 2026.