Since its formation in late 1944, the Liberal Party has governed Australia for more than 30 years, as well as holding power in all States for varying periods.
The Liberal Party has become Australia’s most successful post war party; it was elected to Government for 23 years from 1949 to 1972, and for another term of more than seven years from 1975 to 1983.
In 1996, the Australian people elected the Liberal Party to govern Australia again, in coalition with the National Party of Australia, in a landslide win. In 1998, 2001 and 2004 that government was re-elected.
To offer a list of major achievements is a most difficult exercise and the material provided in this section represents only a small proportion of the achievements. The complexity of a modern government is such that the full details of even a single department would be immense.
