The Australian Whigs

The Australian Whigs are an Australian political party formed in late December 2018 by Plupsnup. The party was originally announced as the RAC Reform Party, later renamed to the Liberty Reform Party. According to leader Plupsnup, the party is 'socially liberal and economically right wing liberal'. The party was officially founded on 31 December 2018 after gaining the support of former MP Woof232. On 4 January 2019, the party was deregistered and therefore dissolved after failing to meet AEC membership requirements. On 5 January 2019, the party was restored after finding another fourth member. The party was founded as the Liberty Reform Party, changing to its current name in May 2019. On the 10th of May 2019, the party changed name to the Geoliberal Party of Australia, and then changed their name once again to The Australian Whigs on 26 May 2019.

Ideology and Policies
The Whigs' three main pillars of its' ideology are Laissez-faire style capitalism, economic conservatism and tax reform. The party is described by its; co-founder Plupsnup, as "socially progressive but fiscally conservative". The leader however rejects the notion that the Whigs are a libertarian party, stating, "my belief that differentiates me from libertarians is that I don't believe the government should be as small as possible, but rather finding the warm zone where civil liberties and individualism is protected but the government has the capacity to provide welfare for the poor, infrastructure for the people, and a military for the country". The official slogan of the Geoliberal Party Party is "a vote for us is a vote for the people".

Government Regulations and Corporate Welfare
The Whigs' stance on government regulation is "let it be". The leader Plupsnup emphasises this with the following statement: "The only role the government should have in the free market is to ensure no illegal practices take place".

The Party is opposed of all government regulation that restricts the flow of of the free market. One of the governments core policies is the abolishment of the minimum wage (providing welfare to low-income workers in the form of a negative income tax) and abolishing government handouts to corporations and private institutions such as schools and universities.