Is Liberal–National Coalition left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Liberal–National Coalition scores +07 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores +05. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Liberal–National Coalition authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Liberal–National Coalition scores +02. Federalism, parliamentary democracy.

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Liberal–National Coalition

1944– · Australia · Conservative · Electoral party · coding confidence high

+07ECmarket

+05CUtraditional

+02AUmonist

+02SCcentral

+05IDascriptive

−06CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Free enterprise, individual responsibility, resource exports, national security, border control.

Economic model

Tax cuts, deregulation, private health incentives, mining and gas development.

Organisation of powers

Federalism, parliamentary democracy.

Reading note

The word 'liberal' here denotes economic liberalism, not the American usage — a naming collision that regularly confuses cross-country comparison.

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The evidence for every score

All six cells are sourced. A rationale explains what the score is measuring and each artefact is something a third party can check without taking anyone's word for it.

EC · Economic organisation · scored +07

Coded +7: tax cuts, deregulation and resource development.

Documented act or statuteThe 2019 and 2024 income tax packages flattened the rate structure.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +05

Coded +5: social conservatism with a small-l liberal wing.

Documented act or statuteThe 2017 same-sex marriage postal survey was a device to avoid a party split.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +02

Coded +2: parliamentary and constitutional throughout.

Documented act or statuteHas governed and lost office by election continuously since 1949.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +02

Coded +2: federalist in doctrine and centralising in fiscal practice.

Documented act or statuteThe GST centralised revenue collection while distributing it to states.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +05

Coded +5: border control as a defining electoral commitment.

Documented act or statuteOperation Sovereign Borders from 2013 turned back maritime arrivals.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −06

Coded −6: entirely electoral.

Documented act or statuteThe coalition arrangement with the Nationals has held since 1946.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Australia

Cite this page

Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Liberal–National Coalition. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/auslib/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

Free to quote and reproduce with attribution. This is a synthesis rather than a peer-reviewed dataset — where an authoritative figure is needed, cite the Chapel Hill Expert Survey, the Manifesto Project or V-Dem.