Introduction to the Liberty Party

For 50 years the Liberal and Labor parties have been taking you backwards.

Sounds insane, doesn’t it? And yet it is true.

Certainly there have been some advances, welcome and overdue. Women are less unequal than they were. Indigenous Australians are less unrecognised than they were. Pollution is less bad than it was. These and other projects are unfinished and a Liberty Party government will continue this good work and make further gains.

Despite this, for decades “your” governments have relentlessly been making life worse for you and your children and your business!

Jobs — It’s now harder than ever to get a decent job at all. There’s less on-the-job training by companies, fewer apprenticeships, reliance by employers on certifications and university degrees but no opportunities to get any experience. And when you do land a job, it’s now more likely than ever to be casual or otherwise insecure, with too few hours and too little say over when those hours are. Not to mention, “No jab no job”.

Homes — For more and more people, owning a home is simply unaffordable. Meanwhile, renting is skyrocketing as well, and landlords are kicking out good tenants to charge higher rents to new tenants.

Health — Waiting times are longer, hospital stays are shorter, staff are forced to be drones acting under instruction from authorities rather than exercising their own judgement. Aged care treats the aged with little respect and dignity. Mental health problems are blowing out. The virus has been handled in pretty much the opposite of how it should have been, transforming a manageable disease situation into a human and financial disaster. Quality of care is down and cost of care is up.

Notice how the politicians suffer none of these problems? Politicians say I’m alright mate. They’re well looked after with their jobs-for-the-boys, taxpayer-funded residential allowances and health plans.

But politicians think it’s ok for the people to suffer. They permit the problems to get worse while offering platitudes about how the problems are merely part of “progress” and can’t be helped.


I am John Prohm, leader of the Liberty Party, the only federal political party which actually cares about all Australians. The party was established late last year with the intention of becoming a party of government, in response primarily to the nonsense to which Australians have been subjected for the past two years but also to the damage done to Australians over the past five decades in terms of jobs, home affordability, health and manufacturing.

Members of the party hold that all people are created with the obligation to refrain from interfering with other people and a reciprocal right to be reasonably free from interference; they’re created with the obligation to respect the land and hold it in trust; and they are sovereign over the government to which they grant certain powers. These Principles are set out in full at Liberty Party Principles , being section 2 of the party’s Constitution.

From the principles flow the party’s written Objectives. Mainly, these involve improving the political and social culture which have long been deteriorating. Australians would benefit from truth, transparency and accountability in government, corporate media and large organisations; efficiency in tax collection; frugality in public spending; encouragement for manufacturers and growers; elimination of regulations and associated costs which do not benefit the public; actual education for children; neighbourliness; respect for land and indigenous Australian peoples; and the treating of the interests of Australians as the highest priority in decision-making. These Objectives are set out in full at Liberty Party Objectives , being section 3 of the party’s Constitution.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the party’s election policies flow from the Objectives and Principles. Thus the Liberty Party has a coherent philosophical foundation and policy platform. The policies are at Liberty Party Policies .

I believe there is a fair chance of a hung parliament at this year’s federal election so a coherent party holding several seats could easily hold the balance of power in the House of Representatives. More importantly, however, a party that wins 6–10 seats would likely force a hung parliament. A party in this position would possess considerable leverage and the Liberty Party aims to be that party.

If you are fired up or fed up, please make contact and help make it happen. We are actively recruiting party members and people to stand as quality candidates for the Senate and the House of Representatives in the federal election in May or earlier.

I believe it’s time for an end to all the rubbish we’ve had to put up with.