TNL, formerly registered as The New Liberals, is an
Australian political party formed in 2019. Victor Kline, a barrister from Sydney, was the founder and party leader. , the party president is Katharine Kline and the party leader is Bess Brennan.
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The party believes in Modern Monetary Theory,]
Foundation and registration
Victor Kline and three friends founded TNL in response to what they saw as “a government that had apparently mastered the art of bare-faced corruption and an opposition that seemed incapable of calling them out”. Initially, the party was named “The New Liberals”. Kline claimed that the word “ liberal” has twisted into a misnomer
A misnomer is a name that is incorrectly or unsuitably applied. Misnomers often arise because something was named long before its correct nature was known, or because an earlier form of something has been replaced by a later form to which the name ...
by the Liberal Party of Australia, and that many moderate disaffected Liberal and ex-Liberal voters are attracted to TNL.
The party's registration was approved by the Australian Electoral Commission on 3 June 2021.
Policies
Some of the party's key policies include:[
* A federal anti corruption commission.
*A climate policy with the goal of achieving ]net-zero
Carbon neutrality is a state of net-zero carbon dioxide emissions. This can be achieved by balancing emissions of carbon dioxide with its removal (often through carbon offsetting) or by eliminating emissions from society (the transition to the " ...
carbon emissions by 2030.
* A full employment
Full employment is a situation in which there is no cyclical or unemployment#Cyclical unemployment, deficient-demand unemployment. Full employment does not entail the disappearance of all unemployment, as other kinds of unemployment, namely Structu ...
and job guarantee
A job guarantee is an economic policy proposal that aims to provide a sustainable solution to inflation and unemployment. Its aim is to create full employment and price stability by having the state promise to hire unemployed workers as an emplo ...
scheme (JGS).
* Support for Housing First.
* Placing a Bill of Rights into the Constitution.
Leadership
*Victor Kline (2019–2022)
*Katharine Kline – president (2022–present)
*Bess Brennan – party leader (2022–present)[
]
Electoral history
In the 2020 Eden-Monaro by-election
The 2020 Eden-Monaro by-election was held on 4 July 2020 to elect the next Member of the Australian Parliament for the division of Eden-Monaro in the House of Representatives. The by-election was triggered following the resignation of incumbent ...
, Karen Porter ran as an Independent under the party banner. Porter received 1.28% of votes, placing 7th out of 14 candidates.Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
, two in New South Wales and six in Queensland.
Christian Porter case
In June 2021, Kline announced that he, along with party candidate and former prosecutor Vania Holt, would be pursuing a private criminal case against Christian Porter over rape allegations he is facing.
References
External links
Official website
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