Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is the major partner in the Liberal-National coalition which has governed Australia since 1996.

In March 2006, Dr Jim Peacock was appointed Australian Chief Scientist by the Liberal government.

Associated Entities

Organisations controlled by the Liberal Party, and mostly used to funnel funding to the party to avoid public scrutiny, include:

• The Cormack Foundation
• The Greenfields Foundation
• The Free Enterprise Foundation
• The Menzies Research Centre

Funding

In 2004, The Age newspaper reported that: "Last financial year, the biggest donation to the Coalition came from the Cormack Foundation, a long-term supporter of the Liberal Party set up with the proceeds of the sales of Melbourne radio station 3XY to promote private enterprise. The little-known private foundation pumped $1.8 million into Liberal Party coffers in 2002-03."

Despite receiving $100,000 a year in public funding, the Menzies Research Centre is also a major donor the Liberal Party, donating $327,000 to the party between 1998/9 and 2003/4 [1].

Related Sourcewatch articles

• Australian Labor Party
• Damien Cahill's List of Neo-liberal Activists Within the Coalition

External links

• Josh Gordon, Parties hide donor identities, The Age, 3 February 2004.
• Damien C. Cahill, "The radical neo-liberal movement as a hegemonic force in Australia, 1976-1996", University of Wollongong, PhD Thesis, 2004. (Available online from all Australian Universities)

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