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Here's the link http://badanalysis.com/libertarian/ Noticed this is linked to on the front page of http://www.ldp.org.au/. Considering they refer to themselves as libertarians, and belive in the same thing as libertarians in the rest of the world, I'm assuming that libertarian means the same thing in Australia as the rest of the world Chuck F 16:50, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
It means something completely different in Roppongi Hills, that's for sure. Reithy 04:45, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
For my part, as a born and bred Australian, I've never heard the term "libertarian" (and still less "anarchocapitalist" and its variations) used used to describe people's political preferences (be they laissez-faire or socialist) outside sites like this one [1]. I think the smart thing to do in this article would be to avoid it entirely and describe the policies directly, perhaps adding a sentence to the end comparing it to the US Libertarian party; there ought to be a less awkward way of summarising it than the present comparisons with tradional "left" and "right" parties but I'm stuck for ideas and time at the moment. J.K. [[]] 07:32, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Couldn't we solve the discussion by stating that the party is a classical liberal party, comparable with libertarianism in the United States? --Gangulf 14:10, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Ah, yes, ten reverts in less than eight hours --- aren't we all so mature and willing to meet each other halfway? I could understand such, erm, passion here if we were talking about the Armenian Genocide or something but this is ridiculous. I'm going to request the article be protected again and put up a possible compromise version for people to comment on at Liberal Democratic Party of Australia/Draft. J.K. [[]] 07:52, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
You all are invited to visit and comment on a draft for a RfC on this and related articles that will eventually likely become a poll. Please remember we are not discussing the topic itself, just the suitable neutral number of issues we want to cover. --Improv 17:13, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
"The LDP ran seven candidates and polled 1% of the vote, outnumbering and defeating most minor parties and independents due to the similarities of its name with that of the well-known Liberal Party of Australia"
Do we have a cite for this causal relationship? Bovlb 05:59:20, 2005-08-07 (UTC)
No kidding -- prove it or lose it. Yes, they're a groupuscule with funny ideas, but 1% sounds reasonable enough without name confusion, unless the Libs or the Dems weren't running at all in a seat. Heck, this is Canberra; the party's members could probably account for a good chunk of that percentage. J.K. 08:17, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Somebody with a grudge has posted a number of lies. The required membership in the ACT is 100, not 10. In 2001 we had more than 7 members (or we couldn't have been registered). In 2004 we increased our vote from 1% to 1.3% (not decreased, as claimed).
On the subject of whether the LDP is libertarian, we consider ourselves moderate libertarians in the sense of the word used by the US Libertarian Party. (posted by John humphreys on 15 August 2005 — J.K.)