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According to the report, Assange said he 'could be described as a libertarian' and nominated Australian Democrats founder Don Chipp and former prime minister Malcolm Fraser as political figures that he admired.

amp;nbsp;The Australian Democrats, for instance, held the balance of power in the Australian Senate between 1981 and 2001 but the party was annihilated in the 2007 Election.

Cheryl Kernot moved from the Australian Democrats to the ALP, and straight into the role of candidate for the Federal Electorate of Dickson (she didn't even live in the Electorate).

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Democrats on nursing and health By Lyn Allison, leader of the Australian Democrats Australia's health system would not be able to function without the many and varied contributions that nurses make.

From this start Rodney Smith takes us through the turbulent Lang years, the post-war DLP, and more recent groups such as the Australian Democrats, Greens, Call to Australia and One Nation.

The primary vote for the Australian Democrats is very low across most of rural and regional Australia except for some of the remote areas of South Australia and the Northern Territory.

The Australian Democrats are fighting to ease that burden--for more affordable health and education services, for the abolition of full fee university degrees for domestic undergraduates.

The Australian Democrats party recently announced its support for the South Australian government's decision to fuel its public transport vehicles with biodiesel and has called on the federal government to modify excise rules to help encourage other states to begin using the alternative fuel as well.