List of historical political parties in Australia

This is a list of historical political parties in Australia.

These parties are no longer registered or active at a federal, state or federal level. Historical names of defunct and current parties are not included in the list as they are not separate entities.

Major parties

Federal parliamentary parties

Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Political alliance(s)	Maximum seats^[a]
Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Political alliance(s)	MPs	Senators
	NP	—	Nationalist Party	1917–1931	Nationalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Nationalist–Country coalition	53 / 75	34 / 36
	UAP		United Australia Party	1931–1945	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	United Australia–Country coalition	34 / 76	26 / 36
	FTP	—	Free Trade Party	1901–1909	Economic liberalism	Centre-right	—	28 / 75	17 / 36
	PP	—	Protectionist Party	1901–1909	Liberalism Protectionism	Centre	—	31 / 75	11 / 36
	LIB	—	Liberal Party	1909–1917	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	Liberal Union	38 / 75	7 / 36
	NLP	—	National Labor Party	1916–1917	Nationalism	Centre-left	—	14 / 75	9 / 36
	LL	—	Lang Labor	1931–1950	Economic nationalism (Langism)	Centre-left	—	9 / 74	3 / 36
	LU	—	Liberal Union	1922–1925	Liberalism	Centre	—	5 / 75	—
	DLP		Democratic Labor Party	1955–1974	Anti-communism	Centre	—	7 / 124	5 / 60

Notes:

^ The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.

State parliamentary parties

New South Wales

Political party			Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	Seats^[a]
Political party			Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	MLAs	MLCs^[b]
	NP	Nationalist Party	1916–1931	Nationalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Thomas Bavin^[c]	Nationalist–Progressive coalition (1921) Nationalist–Country coalition (1927–1930)	52 / 90	58 / 74
	LRP	Liberal Reform Party	1901–1917	Liberalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	Charles Wade^[c]	—	45 / 90	56 / 69
	PP	Protectionist Party	1887–1901	Protectionism Liberalism	Centre	George Dibbs^[c]	—	66 / 137	23 / 84
	PP	Progressive Party	1901–1907	Protectionism Liberalism	—	John See^[c]	—	42 / 125	21 / 62
	LL	Lang Labor	1931–1950	Langism	Centre-left	Jack Lang	—	29 / 90	51 / 114
	PP	Progressive Party	1920–1927	Conservatism Agrarianism	Centre-right	—	Nationalist–Progressive coalition (1921)	15 / 90	3 / 93
	DP	Democratic Party	1920–1925	Catholic interests	Centre to centre-left	—	—	1 / 90	—
	PILP	Protestant Independent Labour Party	1923–1940s	Labourism Protestantism Social democracy	Centre-left	—	—	1 / 90	—

Notes:

^ The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.
^ The New South Wales Legislative Council was appointed by the Governor between 1855 and 1933.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Longest-serving party leader.

Queensland

Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	Seats^[a]
Political party				Period	Main ideology	Position	Leader	Political alliance(s)	MLAs	MLCs^[b]
	CPNP	—	Country and Progressive National Party	1925–1936	Conservatism	Centre-right	Arthur Edward Moore	—	43 / 72	—
	NAT		National Party^[c]	1915–2008	Conservatism Agrarianism Economic liberalism	Centre-right to right-wing	Frank Nicklin^[d]	National–Liberal coalition	49 / 89	—
	LIB		Liberal Party^[e]	1943–2008	Liberalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	Gordon Chalk^[d]	National–Liberal coalition	30 / 82	—
	QLP		Queensland Labor Party	1944–1977	Social democracy Anti-communism	Centre-left	Vince Gair^[d]	—	25 / 75	—
	UP	—	United Party^[f]	1917–1925	Nationalism Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Charles Taylor^[d]	—	22 / 72	1 / 58
	CCA	—	City Country Alliance	1999–2003	Nationalism Social conservatism	Right-wing	Bill Feldman	—	6 / 89	—
	UAP		United Australia Party	1936–1944	Liberalism Conservatism	Centre-right	Hugh Russell	—	4 / 62	—
	NCP	—	Northern Country Party	1919/20–1923	Agrarianism	—	—	—	3 / 72	—
	CPA		Communist Party^[g]	1921–1991	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Jack Henry	—	1 / 62	—
	PILP	—	Protestant Independent Labour Party	1923–1940s	Labourism Protestantism Social democracy	Centre-left	—	—	1 / 62	—
	NQLP	—	North Queensland Labor Party	1944–1977	Social democracy Populism	Centre-left	Tom Aikens	—	1 / 75	—
	QP	—	Queensland Party	2010–2012	Regionalism	Centre-right to right-wing	Aidan McLindon	—	1 / 89	—
	NQF	—	North Queensland First	2019–2021	North Queensland statehood Regionalism	Centre-right	Jason Costigan	—	1 / 93	—

Notes:

^ The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.
^ Members of the Queensland Legislative Council were appointed by the Governor. In 1922 it was abolished.
^ The party held several names over its duration. By its dissolution it was named the "Queensland National Party" or the "National Party of Queensland".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Longest-serving party leader.
^ The party was established as the "Queensland People's Party" however later merged with the federal Liberal Party and changed its name to align with the federal branch.
^ The party was originally called the "National Party", also called the "Nationalist Party". However by its dissolution was named the "United Party".
^ Also known as the "Queensland Communist Group" in its early years.

Other states

Name		Period	Ideology
	Western Australian Liberal Party	1911–1917
	Liberal and Democratic Union	1906–1910
	Liberal Federation	1923–1932
	Liberal Union	1910–1923

Other represented parties

Federal

Political party				Period	Ideology
Political party				Period	Ideology	CON	Australian Conservatives	2017–2019	Conservatism Economic liberalism
	AP	—	Australia Party	1969–1970	Anti-conscription Social liberalism
	AMEP		Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party	2013–2016	Against anti-hooning laws
	AP		Australian Party	1929–1931	Populism Anti-communism
	APA		Australian Progressive Alliance	2003–2005
	BMLP	—	Blackburn-Mutton Labor Party	1947–1950
	CPP	—	Country Progressive Party	1926–1930
	DHJP	—	Derryn Hinch's Justice Party	2016–2019	Justice reform, Anti-paedophilia
	FFP	—	Family First Party	2005–2011, 2014–2017	Social conservatism Christian right
	CNP		Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party	2019–2020	National conservatism Right-wing populism
	GLT	—	Glenn Lazarus Team	2015–2016
	ISLP	—	Industrial Socialist Labor Party	1919–1921	Socialism
	ALP (N-C)	—	Labor (Non-Communist)	1940–1941	Labour politics Anti-communism
	LCP	—	Liberal Country Party	1937–1943
	LM	—	Liberal Movement	1972–1977	Social liberalism Progressivism
	MLP	—	Majority Labor Party	1922–1923
	NA	—	National Alliance	1974–1977
	NLP	—	National Liberal Party	1974–1974
	NDP	—	Nuclear Disarmament Party	1984–1985, 1987–1988,	Nuclear disarmament
	PP	—	Progress Party	1975–1981	Libertarianism Anti-socialism
	PP	—	Progressive Party	1920–1927	Socially conservative Agrarian socialism
	RTP	—	Revenue Tariff Party	1903–1903
	RPT	—	Rex Patrick Team	2020–2022
	TSISAP		Tim Storer Independent SA Party	2018–2019
	UAP	—	Unite Australia Party	1986–1990
	VFU	—	Victorian Farmers' Union	1916–1920	Pro-farmers
	WAP	—	Western Australian Party	1906–1906

State/territory only

Political party			State	Period	Ideology
Political party			State	Period	Ideology	ABFFOC	A Better Future For Our Children	NSW	1995–2003
	ASGC	Abolish Self Government Coalition	ACT	1992–1995
	ALP	Australian Liberal Party	VIC	1927–1932
	SEX	Australian Sex Party	VIC	2014–2017	Civil libertarianism Sex positivity
	CP	Centre Party	TAS	1969–1972
	CDP	Christian Democratic Party	NSW	1977–2022	National conservatism Christian right
	CCA	City Country Alliance	QLD	2000–2001
	CPA	Communist Party of Australia	QLD	1944–1949	Communism Marxism-Leninism
	CNO	Country-National Organisation	QLD	1941–1944
	DEM	Democratic Party	NSW	1922–1925	Pro-Catholic
	DP	Dignity Party	SA	2010–2018	Disability rights Equal rights
	ECP	Executive Country Party	WA	1923–1924
	FAM	Family Team	ACT	1979–1986	Social conservatism
	HCIP	Hare-Clark Independence Party	ACT	1991–1992
	IWP	Illawarra Workers Party	NSW	1987–1988
	ILG	Independent Labor Group	NSW	1959–1977
	IG	Independents Group	ACT	1989–1995
	LL	Lang Labor (SA)	SA	1931–1934
	LFF	Liberals for Forests	WA	2001	Anti-logging
	NCG	New Conservative Group	ACT	1991–1992	Conservatism
	NCP	New Country Party	WA	2003–2005
	NLM	New Liberal Movement	SA	1976–1977
	NSGP	No Self Government Party	ACT	1989–1992
	NCP	North Queensland Labor Party	QLD	1944–1977	Socialism
	NCP	Northern Country Party	QLD	1920–1923
	NTN	Northern Territory Nationals	NT	1987–1990
	ON	One Nation NSW	NSW	2000–2007	Australian nationalism Protectionism
	PLP	Progressive Labor Party	1950–1955
	RP	Reason Party (Australia)	VIC	2017–2022	Civil libertarianism
	RL	Redistribution Liberals	VIC	1924–1926
	RLS	Reform the Legal System	NSW	1999–2007
	RR	Residents Rally	ACT	1989–1992
	SAF	SA First	SA	1999–2002
	SUPA	Seniors United Party of Australia	NSW	2015–2022	Pensioners' interests
	STL	Single Tax League	SA	1930–1941	Georgism
	SLP	Socialist Labor Party	NSW	1920–1921	De Leonism
	TA	Territory Alliance	NT	2019–2020
	TMP	Transport Matters Party	VIC	2018–2023	Taxi industry advocacy
	UNI	Unity Party	NSW	1999–2015	Centrism Multiculturalism
	VLP	Victorian Liberal Party	VIC	1954–1955
	V1LJ	Vote 1 Local Jobs	VIC	2014–2018

Parties without representation

Political party				Period	Ideology
Political party				Period	Ideology	AEP	—	Australian Equality Party	2014–2018	LGBT rights
	AFAL		All for Australia League	1931–1932
	ANP	—	Australian Nationalist Party	1958–1958	Anti-immigration
	ANA	—	Australian National Alliance	1978–1981	Anti-immigration, Anti Asian
	AAHP		Australian Affordable Housing Party	2016–2022	Affordable housing
	AP		Australian Progressives^[1]	2014–2022^[2]	Progressivism
	APP	—	Australian Protectionist Party	2011–2015	Anti-immigration Anti-islam Protectionism
	ANSP	—	Australian National Socialist Party	1962–1968	Nazism White supremacy
	AVP		Australian Values Party	2021–2023	Veterans' rights
	ASP	—	Australian Sports Party	2013–2015
	AAPP	—	Australian Antipaedophile Party	2015–2016
	AAP		Advance Australia Party	1988-2005	Nationalism Populism
	AAFI	—	Australians Against Further Immigration	1989–2008	Anti-immigration Nationalism
	ABFP	—	Australian Better Families	2018–2021	Men's rights
	ACP	—	Australian Commonwealth Party	1972–1972
	ACP	—	Australian Conservative Party	1989–1991
	ACP	—	Australian Cyclists Party	2013–2017
	AIPP	—	Australia's Indigenous Peoples Party	1993–1999
	APP	—	Australian People's Party	2014–2021	Australian nationalism Economic nationalism
	AWP	—	Australian Women's Party	1995–2003	Feminism
	ARFP	—	Australian Recreational Fishers Party	2016–2017	Recreational fishers' interests
	ARP	—	Australian Reform Party	1997–2002	Gun rights
	AFLP	—	Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party	2006–2014	Fishing rights
	AFNPP	—	Australia's First Nations Political Party	2011–2015	Indigenous rights
	ABRG	—	Australian Bill of Rights Group	1995-1999	Bill of Rights
	ADM	—	Australian Defence Movement	1940
	AMP		Australian Marijuana Party	1970s–1980s	Marijuana legalisation
	AMP	—	Australian Motorist Party	2007-2012?	Motorist rights
	ADV	—	Australian Defence Veterans Party	2015–2017	Veterans' rights
	AWP	—	Australian Workers Party	2017–2021	Modern Monetary Theory Social democracy
	ABP	—	Aussie Battler Party	2018–2019	Right-wing populism
	BTFA	—	Bullet Train for Australia	2013–2017
	CP	—	Centre Party	1933–1935	Fascism
	CCC	—	Climate Change Coalition	2007–2010
	CP	—	Commonwealth Party	1943–1944
	CCP	—	Commonwealth Centre Party	1961–1961
	CPA	—	Conservative Party of Australia	1984–1998
	CNAP	—	Combined New Australia Party	1990–1990
	CAP	—	Confederate Action Party of Australia	1992–1993	Far right
	CP	—	Country Party (South Australia)	1917–1932
	CLA	—	Curtin Labor Alliance	2001–2005
	CA	—	Carers Alliance	2007–2015
	CA		Communist Alliance	2009–2012	Communism
	CM		CountryMinded	2014–2018	Agrarianism
	CRNT	—	Consumer Rights & No-Tolls	2016–2018
	GRN		Cowper Greens	1989–1993	^[3]
	DPI	—	David Pollard Independent	2020-2024
	DS4SEQ	—	Daylight Saving for South East Queensland	2008-2012
	DSP	—	Deadly Serious Party	1980s–1988
	DESP	—	Defence and Ex-Services Party	1986–1989	Veterans' rights
	DOGS	—	Defence of Government Schools	1966–1985
	DPA	—	Democratic Party of Australia	1953–1954
	DSEL	—	Democratic Socialist Electoral League	1998–2001	Socialism Social Democracy
	DCP	—	Douglas Credit Party	1930s, 1960s-1970s	Social credit
	DPDA		Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance	2021–2023	Pro-Taiwan, anti-China
	DLRA	—	Drug Law Reform Australia	2013–2017
	GRN		Eastern Suburbs Greens	1990–1995	^[4]
	EAPP	—	Engineered Australia Plan Party	1982–1983
	ENEA	—	Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy Australia	2007–2010	Pro-nuclear power in Australia
	ESSVP	—	Ex-Service, Service and Veterans Party		Veterans' rights
	FPPU	—	Farmers and Producers Political Union	1904–1910
	FPP	—	Freedom and Prosperity Party	2009-2015
	FREE	—	FREE Australia Party	2010–2014
	FLT	—	Fair Land Tax - Tax Party	2010-2014
	FLRP	—	Family Law Reform Party	1996-1999
	FFWA	—	Fluoride Free WA	2017-2019	Oppose mandatory Water fluoridation
	FP	—	Flux Party	2016-2022	Issue-based Direct democracy
	FIN		Federal ICAC Now	2020-2023	Federal ICAC advocacy, Anti-corruption
	G4C		Gamers 4 Croydon	2009–2010
	GA		Green Alliance Senate – NSW	1990–1995	^[5]
	GRN		Greens in Lowe	1990–1995	^[6]
	GP	—	Grey Power	1983–1994
	GAP	—	Great Australians Party	2003–2006
	HOV	—	Hear Our Voice	2007–2010
	HAP	—	Health Australia Party	2013–2024	Anti-vaccination
	HRP	—	Human Rights Party	1999-2007
	HPA	—	Hope Party Australia	1997–2006
	IDP	—	Independent Democratic Party	1953–1954
	IEFF	—	Independent EFF	1987–1999
	IVFS	—	Independent Voices for the Senate^[a]	2021–2023	^[7]
	ILP	—	Industrial Labor Party	1936–1939
	IMOP		Informed Medical Options Party	2016–2023	Anti-vaccination
	LDP	—	Liberal Democratic Party	1943–1944
	MAP	—	Mature Australia Party	2014–2017
	MCP	—	Middle Class Party	1943–1943
	LRG	—	Liberal Reform Group	1966–1969
	LEFBP	—	Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party	2001–2004	Beer Party, Anti GST
	LAOL	—	Love Australia or Leave	2016–2022	Anti-Islam Anti-immigration
	MP	—	Mutual Party	2014–2015
	LPA	—	Libertarian Party of Australia
	MPP	—	Multicultural Progress Party	2014
	NDL	—	National Defence League	1891–1910
	NP	—	National Party (South Australia)	1917–1923
	NHP	—	National Humanitarian Party	1983–1984
	NHHP	—	No Hoo Haa Party	2002–2011
	NLP	—	Natural Law Party	1990–1997
	NFA	—	National Front of Australia	1977–1984	Anti-immigration
	NGSTP	—	No GST Party	2001-2004	Anti GST
	NAN	—	No Aircraft Noise	1995–1999
	NLTC	—	No Land Tax Campaign	2014-2015
	NA	—	National Action	1982-1991	White supremacy Fascism
	NSPA		National Socialist Party of Australia	1964-1977	White supremacy Nazism
	NENSM	—	New England New State Movement
	OAM	—	One Australia Movement	1986–1992	Christian politics
	OAP	—	One Australia Party	1995–1999
	OLM	—	Official Labour Movement	1953–1955
	OPA	—	One Parliament for Australia	1943–1943
	ODD		Online Direct Democracy	2007–2020	Digital direct democracy
	ORP	—	Outdoor Recreation Party (Stop the Greens)	1996–2017
	PIP	—	Pangallo Independents Party
	PPP	—	Party! Party! Party!	1989–1989	Joke
	PPA	—	Pirate Party Australia	2008–2021	Pirate politics E-democracy
	PPP	—	Protestant People's Party	1946–1949
	PCP	—	Progressive Conservative Party	1980–1980	White nationalism Anti-immigration, Anti Asian
	PCIRA	—	Pensioner and Citizen Initiated Referendum Alliance	1982–1996
	PPP	—	People Power Party	2006–2006	Progressivism'
	PPV	—	People Power Victoria – No Smart Meters	2014–2017
	PUAP	—	Pauline's United Australia Party	2007–2010	Protectionism Social conservatism
	RUAP	—	Rise Up Australia Party	2013–2019	Anti-islam Right-wing populism
	SCP	—	Services and Citizens' Party	1943–1944
	SPA	—	Services Party of Australia	1946–1946
	SRP	—	Smokers' Rights Party	2012–2017
	SDP	—	Social Democratic Party	1980–1983	Social democracy
	RFG	—	Referendum First Group	1984–1984
	RPA	—	Republican Party of Australia	1982–2021	Republicanism
	RA	—	Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration	1996–1999	Anti-immigration
	STRAH	—	Save the RAH	2010–2010
	RDSDA	—	Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party	2022–2023	Anti-Daniel Andrews
	RWRP	—	Restore the Workers' Rights Party	2007–2011	Workers rights Trade unionism
	SOS	—	Save Our State	1990–2010
	GRN		South Sydney Greens	1990–1995	^[8]
	SLP	—	State Labor Party	1940–1944	Communism
	SPGN	—	Stop Population Growth Now	2014–2019?	Opposition to Overpopulation, Anti-immigration
	SRWTP	—	Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party	1989–1989	Joke
	SP	—	Surprise Party	1989–1989	Joke
	UCP	—	United Christian Party	1972–1983	Christian politics
	UTG		United Tasmania Group	1972–1990	Green politics Environmentalism
	TST	—	Tasmania Senate Team	1992–1996	Regionalism
	TFP	—	Tasmania First Party	1996–2006	Regionalism Gun rights
	TOPS	—	Taxi Operators Political Service	1997–2001
	MHP		The Australian Mental Health Party	2016–2020	Mental health advocacy
	TBRNR	—	The Basics Rock 'n' Roll Party	2014
	GA		The Victorian Green Alliance	1990–1996	^[9]
	WP	—	The Women's Party	2019–2021	Representation parity Liberal feminism
	TNL		The New Liberals	2019–2023	Social liberalism Republicanism^[10]
	VSP	—	Victorian Socialist Party	1906–1932	Socialism Entryism
	VIC	—	Victorians Party	2021–2022	Centrism
	VEP	—	Voluntary Euthanasia Party	2013–2021	Voluntary euthanasia
	VFTW	—	Voice for the West	2014–2015
	WWW	—	What Women Want	2007–2010	Women's rights
	WLP		WikiLeaks Party	2013–2015	Pro-Julian Assange
	GRN		Western Suburbs Greens	1990–1995	^[11]
	YVA	—	Yellow Vest Australia	2015–2020	Anti-islam Right-wing populism
	YANP	—	Young Australia National Party	1909–1915	Pro-White Australia

Notes

^ Also known as Voices for the Senate.

References

^ Tim, Flannery; Wallace, Catriona (1 February 2015). "Fixing politics". The Monthly. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
^ "Notice of deregistration: Australian Progressives" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ "Cowper Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "Eastern Suburbs Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "Green Alliance Senate – NSW". Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "Greens in Lowe". Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "Notice of intention to deregister Independent Voices for the Senate" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 25 October 2023.
^ "South Sydney Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "The Victorian Green Alliance". Australian Electoral Commission.
^ "Policies". tnl.net.au. TNL. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ "Western Suburbs Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.

[1] The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.

[2] The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.

[3] The New South Wales Legislative Council was appointed by the Governor between 1855 and 1933.

[Long-4] Longest-serving party leader.

[5] The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.

[6] Members of the Queensland Legislative Council were appointed by the Governor. In 1922 it was abolished.

[7] The party held several names over its duration. By its dissolution it was named the "Queensland National Party" or the "National Party of Queensland".

[Long-8] Longest-serving party leader.

[9] The party was established as the "Queensland People's Party" however later merged with the federal Liberal Party and changed its name to align with the federal branch.

[10] The party was originally called the "National Party", also called the "Nationalist Party". However by its dissolution was named the "United Party".

[11] Also known as the "Queensland Communist Group" in its early years.

[18] Also known as Voices for the Senate.

[12] Tim, Flannery; Wallace, Catriona (1 February 2015). "Fixing politics". The Monthly. Retrieved 17 December 2024.

[13] "Notice of deregistration: Australian Progressives" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[14] "Cowper Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.

[15] "Eastern Suburbs Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.

[16] "Green Alliance Senate – NSW". Australian Electoral Commission.

[17] "Greens in Lowe". Australian Electoral Commission.

[19] "Notice of intention to deregister Independent Voices for the Senate" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 25 October 2023.

[20] "South Sydney Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.

[21] "The Victorian Green Alliance". Australian Electoral Commission.

[22] "Policies". tnl.net.au. TNL. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[23] "Western Suburbs Greens". Australian Electoral Commission.

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v t e Politics of Australia
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State/territory governments	Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Parliaments and Assemblies State and Territory Shadow Cabinet NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT
Local government	New South Wales (list) Northern Territory (list) Queensland (list) South Australia (list) Tasmania (list) Victoria (list) Western Australia (list)
Political parties	Coalition (Liberal, National, Liberal National, Country Liberal) Centre Alliance Greens Katter Labor Lambie One Nation UAP Other parties Historical
Political terminology	Battlers Bjelkemander Branch stacking Casual vacancy Caucus revolt Chardonnay socialist Contempt of parliament Despatch box Donkey vote Dorothy Dixer Double dissolution Faceless men Forgotten People Group voting ticket Hardworking Families How-to-vote card Independent politicians Kirribilli agreement Langer vote Leadership spill Mortgage belt Nationalism Parliamentary secretary Playmander Pub test Quiet Australians Responsible government Stolen Generations Working Family Worm

List of historical political parties in Australia

Major parties

Federal parliamentary parties

State parliamentary parties

New South Wales

Queensland

Other states

Other represented parties

Federal

State/territory only

Parties without representation

See also

Notes

References