He then re-joined the Liberal Party (many other Liberal Movement members became the core of the Australian Democrats) and served in Canberra as one of the Liberal Party's leading moderates.

Often held by the Country Party before the war, Swan has been a metropolitan electorate since 1949. Swan was represented by Kim Beazley from 1980 until he moved to contest the safer Labor seat of ...

ABC iview Home Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview. More from ABC We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the ...

Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview. More from ABC We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we ...