Party Information
- Australian Democrats Official Site
- History of the Australian Democrats
- Constitution and Regulations
- Structure of the Democrats
- Leaders of the Australian Democrats Since 1978
Policies
- Key Principles
- Objectives
- Official Party Policies
- Why Support the Democrats
- Making The Bastards Honest – the Democrats’ accountability package
Some Recent News Items
2003
- Dec 07: Bartlett Apologises To Ferris, Public And Democrats
- Dec 06: Democrats Leader ‘Stands Aside’ Over Drunken Incident In Senate Chamber
- Aug 20: Andrew Bartlett: The Policy Agenda And Future Of The Australian Democrats
- Jan 23: Democrats Oppose Troops To Iraq, Demand Recall Of Parliament
2002
- Dec 20: NSW Democrats Christmas Card
- Oct 05: Andrew Bartlett Elected Leader Of Australian Democrats
- Aug 23: Senator Brian Grieg Appointed Interim Leader Of Australian Democrats
- Aug 21: The 10 Motions That Sank Stott Despoja
- Aug 21: Senator Natasha Stott Despoja’s Resignation Speech
- Jun 25: Meg Lees Under Attack By Democrats; Senate Numbers At Stake
- Jun 24: Meg Lees Reponse To Allegations Of Disloyalty
- Jun 24: Letter To Meg Lees From Democrats’ Acting President
- Jun 24: Democrats’ National Management Committee Minutes
2001
- Aug 08: Stott Despoja Outlines ‘Changing Politics’ Theme
- May 10: Stott Despoja Calls for Constitutional and Political Reform
- Apr 11: Stott Despoja and the Future of the Australian Democrats
- Apr 07: Australian Democrats Announce Results of Leadership Ballot
- Apr 07: Stott Despoja Wins Leadership of Australian Democrats
- Jan 20: Senator Meg Lees’ Speech to 2001 National Conference
Archived Posts
- Sep 17, 2007: Current Federal Parliamentary Party Leaders
- Aug 29, 2006: Don Chipp, Founder Of Australian Democrats, Dies At 81
- Jun 16, 2006: Democrats Attack Howard Amendments To Electoral Laws
- Dec 09, 2005: Voluntary Student Unions Bill: Speech By Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja
- May 01, 2003: Democrats Support Breast-Feeding In Senate
- May 01, 2003: Democrats Call On Hollingworth To Step Down
- Mar 05, 2003: British Media Tougher On Responsibilities: Democrats
- Feb 25, 2003: The Case Against War: Bartlett Puts Australian Democrats View
- Jun 25, 2002: Meg Lees Under Attack By Democrats; Senate Numbers At Stake
- Jun 24, 2002: Democrats’ National Management Committee Minutes
- Jun 24, 2002: Democrats Demand Loyalty From Lees
- Jun 24, 2002: Meg Lees’ Letter To Democrats National President
- Apr 07, 2001: Stott Despoja Defeats Lees To Take Democrats Leadership; Youngest Ever Party Leader In Australia
- Mar 12, 2001: Democrats’ Leadership Contest Causing Bitterness
- Feb 27, 2001: Democrats’ Leader Meg Lees Faces Challenge
- Feb 01, 2000: Kernot Embarrassment A Dilemma For Beazley
- Nov 30, 1999: Democrats Reject Reith’s Anti-Union Bill
- Nov 09, 1999: Cheryl Kernot’s Political Future In Doubt
- Nov 03, 1999: Preamble Referendum: Howard-Ridgeway Urge A YES Vote
- Jun 22, 1999: Howard’s Commitments to Meg Lees on the GST
- Jun 14, 1999: Andrew Bartlett Statement Opposing the GST Package
- Feb 22, 1999: Meg Lees On Parliamentary Reform: The Baby And The Bathwater
- Oct 15, 1997: Kernot Quits Democrats To Join Labor
- Jan 17, 1997: Kernot: The Leadership Test – Australia In The Next 20 Years
- May 01, 1996: Natasha Stott Despoja’s First Speech To The Senate
- Jan 20, 1996: Australia’s Economic Independence: Speech By Cheryl Kernot
- Mar 20, 1990: ‘Give A Damn’ – Janine Haines Australian Democrats Advertisement
- Feb 15, 1983: Norm Gallagher Jailed; Fraser Prepares For Policy Speech; Don Chipp’s Senate Campaign
