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Incumbent: John Howard since 2018
* Party: Old Liberals
* Previous results- None (appointed by Governor General)
* Other: The Commonwealth's 25th Prime Minister (1996-2007), seen as consensus candidate, possibly not running as candidate in election, a favourite amongst all former Liberal Party supporters before the split into Old and New Liberals and keen cricket fan (popular with the subcontinental community).

Front Runner: Cory Bernadi
* Party: Australia One
* Logo:

* Previous results- None
* Other: Most popular conservative in the Australia One coalition, has backing of a number of Old Liberal members if John Howard or Tony Abbott don't run, Peter Dutton will focus on Prime Ministership leaving the path for Cory to be the candidate from Australia One, would be backed by Brett Lee (former cricketer turn independent conservative politician) if Tony Abbott doesn't run and the National Party are expected to endorse Cory Bernadi if John Howard doesn't run (due to the split of the coalition, the National Party often changes who it supports).

Dark Horse: Richard Di Natale
* Party: N/A
* Logo:

* Previous results- None
* Other: Since Labour decided to have its own presidential candidate, the Democratic Bloc (Progressive Alliance minus Labour) have put forward a joint presidential bid with Greens' leader Richard Di Natale as the candidate. He is running a progressive campaign with a broad group of environmental and left-wing policies. The Democratic Bloc are expected to be placed second or third on first preferences. Preferences from other parties will boost its chances of a win if Labour is below.

July Polling:

John Howard Popularity Poll (John Howard vs an unidentified candidate):
* Old Liberals- John Howard- 65%
* N/A- N/A- 35%

Round 1:
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 54%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 15%
* Democrat Bloc (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale - 13%
* Centre Alliance- Nick Xenophon- 7%
* New Liberals- Christopher Pyne- 6%
* Old Liberals- John Howard- 5%

Round 2 (two-party preferred):
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 70%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 30%

September Polling:

John Howard Popularity Poll (John Howard vs an unidentified candidate):
* Old Liberals- John Howard- 55%
* N/A- N/A- 45%

Round 1:
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 70%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 9%
* Democrat Bloc (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale - 7%
* Centre Alliance- Nick Xenophon- 5%
* New Liberals- Christopher Pyne- 5%
* Old Liberals- John Howard- 4%

Round 2 (two-party preferred):
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 75%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 25%

October Polling:

John Howard Popularity Poll (John Howard vs an unidentified candidate):
* Old Liberals- John Howard- 60%
* N/A- N/A- 40%

Round 1:
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 58%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 11%
* Democrat Bloc (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale - 10%
* Centre Alliance- Nick Xenophon- 9%
* New Liberals- Christopher Pyne- 6%
* Old Liberals- John Howard- 6%

Round 2 (two-party preferred):
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 75%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 25%

November Polling:

John Howard Popularity Poll (John Howard vs an unidentified candidate):
* Old Liberals- John Howard- 62%
* N/A- N/A- 38%

Round 1:
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 55%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 11%
* Democrat Bloc (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale - 10%
* Centre Alliance- Nick Xenophon- 10%
* New Liberals- Christopher Pyne- 7%
* Old Liberals- John Howard- 7%

Round 2 (two-party preferred):
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 78%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 22%

Candidate Changes (from polling to election):
* New Liberals- Christopher Pyne to Julie Bishop
* Old Liberals- John Howard to Tony Abbott

Pre-Polling (1 November- 23 November):

Round 1:
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 35%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 4%
* Democrat Bloc (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale - 11%
* Centre Alliance- Nick Xenophon- 6%
* New Liberals- Julie Bishop- 4%
* Old Liberals- Tony Abbott- 40%

Round 2 (two-party preferred):
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 78%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 22%

Results:

Round 1 (First Preferences):
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 45%
* Democrat Bloc (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale - 22%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 20%
* Centre Alliance- Nick Xenophon- 2%
* New Liberals- Julie Bishop - 5%
* Old Liberals (endorsed by The National Party)- Tony Abbott- 6%

Round 2:
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 45%
* [u Democrat Bloc[/u] (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale - 22%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 21%
* New Liberals- Julie Bishop - 6%
* Old Liberals (endorsed by The National Party)- Tony Abbott- 6%

* Eliminated: Centre Alliance- Nick Xenophon (Round 1)

Round 3:
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 48%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 22%
* Democrat Bloc (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale - 22%
* New Liberals- Julie Bishop - 8%

* Eliminated: Centre Alliance- Nick Xenophon (Round 1), Old Liberals (endorsed by The National Party)- Tony Abbott (Round 2)

Round 4 (Majority found):
* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi- 51%
* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese- 26%
* Democrat Bloc (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale - 23%

* Eliminated: Centre Alliance- Nick Xenophon (Round 1), Old Liberals- Tony Abbott (Round 2), New Liberals- Julie Bishop (Round 3), New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese (Round 4), Democrat Bloc- Richard Di Natale (Round 4)

Winner: Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi (Round 4)

Election Night Speeches (Some):

* Australia One/Australian Christians (joint-ticket)- Cory Bernardi-
"Good evening! (Applause) Fellow party members, I would like to sincerely thank you for your tireless work. It's been a while leading up to his. Thank you to my wife Sinéad and my two sons. Thank you to Peter Dutton for leading us [Australia One] in Parliament. Mitchell Parker, well... (Applause) what can I say? You've been the man behind the scenes making this work. You united people who believe in a united Australia. You've brought the talent and this is what you get; a clear voice of consistency, a vote for all Australians. (Applause) To my fellow Australians, I am humbled by your confidence that I will be able to lead and represent you on on the world stage as Australia's first elected president. Quickly, to John Howard; well done for holding the fort. Let's give him some credit. (Cory claps and applause) It's a shame that your new party was too blind to see the successes of your leadership now and before. Well done John, we'll miss you. (Cory claps and applause) To our Governor-General [Sir Peter Cosgrove], well done on a new successful system. You represent Australia's real and influencial Queen Elizabeth II here. My role is to be the face of our nation, direct polices, look over legislation and chair the People's House. Peter Dutton (the Prime Minister), you lead our humble members of parliament to write important legislation for our nation. Additionally, I would like to thank the other candidates who ran for office. You mosly all carried out fair campaigns that made for a competitive election. Scare campaigns by a number of candidates disappointed us. Albo [Anthony Albanese]... (Booing) and Dicky [Richard Di Natale]... (Booing) Shame on you. At least the voters know who was right. (Applause) To everyone else, I was intrigued by many of your ideas and insights and I hope that we are able to work with you to consider some of the reasonable suggestions you had.

As your newly elected president, I promise to take into account each of your interests and your voices on the many issues that we will face during the upcoming year, specifically the topics I addressed during my campaign. When I was first nominated for this position, I wondered what this campaign would be about. It came to me it was either identity politics or being an individual Australian. I'm glad that you made the right choice. (Applause) We made the choice to be judged on our character only; not by our race, social status or gender.(Applause) We are our own people with our own choices. Patriotism for our nation should be the common bond for us. (Applause) You chose your own leader based on what he stands for rather than if he 'looks like us'.

My first step will be to approach the administration will be the final stage of our social reform; you are Australian, if you choose, wherever you are from. You want to come here then accept our values. You do and welcome Down Under. (Applause) If you're born here then you are no more entitled; no birthright citizenship.(Applause) You too must accept our values. (Applause) At 18, all Australians must have a citizenship test. If you won't accept our laws then you no longer have the right to call yourself Australian. Pass the test and welcome to our nation. If not then you're a foreigner to us; no Medicare, no voting, no divers license, higher taxes, property restrictions. Or you can take $1000 and leave. But hey... that's what you want. (Applause) You choose not to be an Australian then you won't receive its privileges. So make your choice; it's up to you. (Applause).

'Children are our future.' It’s a phrase we hear often but it is often used without a full understanding of the implications. “Children are our future” means that children are our priority. Right now, we have some of the lowest education scores in the world. Not only that, our Maths and English scores are plummeting. That is not making children our priority. That is not securing their future or the future of this nation. No one wants to move to a country that has a lousy public education system. Our reform of bureaucracy is beginning and we'll move to increase education. When I was a child here, our country was actually renowned for its stellar schools, so what changed over the last thirty or so... (Laughter) years? For one thing, an exorbitantly high percentage of Australia’s budget has been allocated to parks, recreation and beautification. With our government, we're realistic and put funds where needed. On top of that, we have a staff that is rife with teachers who have been offered poor salaries despite a long track record of fantastic teaching. For so long that teachers have had to put teaching second and paperwork first. Tonight I announce a $20 billion reform of the teaching system. (Applause) Teaching will be put first, students will be put first, education will be put first. I've bring up this wonderful hard working teacher. (Teacher enters stage and passes Cory a bundle of pages) It's time to say goodbye to performance plans and to say hello to refreshed teachers who are focussed on the students' education. (Cory holds the pages up and burns then with a lighter) Watch and see the future... (Applause) it's here. (Cory walks to the right of the stage the flaming pages into a metal bin and walks back). Let's take this as a whole burning of the past governments and welcome to a fully Australia first future.

To conclude tonight, I am so proud of my boys... I am proud of my family that has given me so much...I am so proud of my team and I am so proud of our country. Ladies and gentlemen, this election was the supreme challenge of my life. I will stand up for Australia. I will stand up for real action and I know that you will join me. Thank you and God bless Australia."

* New Australian Labour Party- Anthony Albanese-
"Tonight is not our night so I'll make this quick. Thanks to my wife Carmel and my son. To the Labour Party (New Australia Labour Party), thank you. (Applause) Thank you for recreating our past and reforming our future. I'm glad that we worked hard to avoid the chaos and become a legitimate political force; a force for the future. (Applause)

To put it simply, we need to argue our case in every forum and at every opportunity. Conducting politics in an echo chamber does nothing to advance a progressive agenda. The polarisation in global politics has seen the demise of many of the historically successful progressive political parties such as France’s Socialist Party, Pasok in Greece, the Partito Democratico in Italy, the Social Democrats in Germany and many other affiliates of the Socialist International. In many countries parties of the radical right have emerged with disillusioned working class people as their social base. The disruption of economic change in these economies has incubated a group of people who are angry that change has not benefited them, and opportunist politicians such as Donald Trump have found an audience from those looking for answers as to why their expectations of quality of life have not been met. We seem to have retreated into the comfort zone and just expecting that everyone agrees with us. We've seen that tonight. As a[n] ideology we've seen social media where with algorithms are designed to encourage people to engage with the content of people who share their world view. It's time to wake up and accept that people have their own views. Before Australia One, we have seen that alternative views are not just dismissed, they are not even considered. This creates a shock when the outcomes of elections are not what was anticipated, the most notable of which is the election of Donald Trump as US president. To a lesser extent the fact that many Labour electorates in suburban areas returned solid votes [in the plebiscite,] for tradition marriage surprised many activists.

In the future we will secure government and then build an enduring legacy of reform. It is important to mobilise support for reform, engage with working people to ensure change benefits them as change occurs and engage with business to promote employment and fairness. We see that successful Labour governments collaborate with unions, the business sector and civil society to achieve positive outcomes in the national interest. That’s the approach of the best Labour governments. Our job is not to sow discord. It is to bring people together in the service of the national interest. Labour doesn’t have to agree with business on issues such as company tax rates but we do have to engage constructively with business large and small. We respect and celebrate the importance of individual enterprise and the efforts and importance of the business community. Working with industry helps us to understand its perspective and also helps business to understand ours,

The key to an effective plan for government is an understanding of the aspirations of our fellow Australians. We in Labour must always ask ourselves, 'what do Australians want out of life and how can we help them achieve it?'. Tonight we heard that Australians don't want Labour like this and we must accept this. We must listen and find out what they want. Two years and we can be back in government; keep going and we'll have the top job in four. We can do this.

Australians do care about quality of life. But they define quality of life as something more than the value of their share portfolio or how much money they have in the bank. While Australians have personal aspirations, they extend beyond individual needs to family, community, environment and indeed, to encompass a fair nation. This is not 1950, when most Australians were members of trade unions. Indeed, many people from working class backgrounds are not members of unions because they were beneficiaries of Gough Whitlam’s education reforms. We cannot afford to ignore this demographic. We need the energy and ideas of our membership. This is what we're built on and we must return. The right has been so successful at taking what were our votes because we took them for granted. Tonight we change that. Labour must empower our membership by giving them more direct say in elections for public office and internal positions. Labour must also maintain our internal processes that emphasise policy making from the bottom up. Policy ideas that come from branch meetings or workplaces are gold. Sometimes they are ahead of their time. But they are always valuable.

No mainstream politician believes in open borders but a policy that uses its prolonged treatment of detained people as an ongoing deterrent to others has a deep flaw at its heart. I support offshore detention and regional processing, in order to stop the people smuggling trade. But we call out the government’s failure to settle refugees in third countries, despite the clear offer of assistance from countries including New Zealand. You can be tough on people smugglers without being weak on humanity. You can protect our borders without losing our national soul. You can have low taxes without ripping off the people. You can have equality without diminishing minorities.

Finally, I take full responsibility for tonight's loss. I will not recontest my seat in the next election. I will focus on listening to the people in order to be ready for [the] 2022 [President Election]. We will be back. Thank you."

* Democrat Bloc (joint-ticket of Australian Greens, The Socialist Party, The Republican Union and The Left Alliance)- Richard Di Natale-
"Hey fascists. F##k you (Applause). If it's war you want then it's war you'll get. We will beat the misogynists, racists, climate change deniers, homophobes, transphobes, ecophobes, Islamophobes. Hate will not win. (Richard Di Natale drops microphone and dabs)"

Australia One Party
* Logo:
* Founder: Mitchell Parker
* President: Mitchell Parker
* Leader/s: (See other entries)
* Colour: Yellow/Gold
* Mergers: Australian Conservatives, One Nation, Liberty Alliance, Rise Up Australia Party, Katter's Australia Party, (Palmer) United Australia Party
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Social Conservatism, National Conservatism, Fiscal Conservatism, Autarky, Australian Nationalism, Anti-globalisation, Anti-multiculturalism
- Rural Faction (additional ideologies): Agrarianism, Economic Nationalism
* Political Position: Right-wing
* Slogan: Australia First
* Coalition or Bloc: Australia One Coalition

Australian Christian Party
* Logo:
* Founder: Mitchell Parker
* President: Daniel Nalliah
* Leader/s: (See other entries)
* Colour: Purple
* Mergers: Christian Democratic Party, Australian Christians, Democratic Labour Party
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Christian Democracy, Christian Right
- Minor Faction: Christian Left
* Political Position: Centre-right
* Slogan: God for all nations
* Coalition or Bloc: Australia One Coalition

New Australian Labour Party
* Logo:
* Founder: Anthony Albanese
* President: Wayne Swan
* Leader/s: (See other entries)
* Colour: Red
* Mergers: None
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Democratic Socialism, Social Democracy
- Minor Faction: Unionism, Social Liberalism
* Political Position: Centre-left to Left-wing
* Slogan: People first
* Coalition or Bloc: New Left

Australian Greens
* Logo:
* Founder: Bob Brown
* President: Adam Bandt
* Leader/s: Richard Di Natale
* Colour: Light Green
* Mergers: None
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Green politics, Progressivism, Pacifism, Multiculturalism, anti-capitalism, Feminism, Anti-USA, Pro-abortion
- Minor Faction (additional ideologies): Communism, Anti-white racism, Feminazism
* Political Position: Left-wing to Far-left
* Slogan: A Future for All of Us
* Coalition or Bloc: New Left

The Socialist Party
* Logo:
* Founder: Fiona Patten
* President: Robert Knight
* Leader/s: Shared Leadership
* Colour: Pink
* Mergers: Socialist Alliance, Reason Party, Australian Progressives
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Socialism, Marxism, Anti-capitalism, Left-wing Populism, Drug liberalisation
- Minor Faction (additional ideologies): Communism, Civil libertarianism
* Political Position: Far-left
* Slogan: New age socialism for a New Age world
* Coalition or Bloc: New Left

The Republican Union
* Logo:
* Founder: Malcolm Turnbull
* President: Peter FitzSimons
* Leader/s: Malcolm Turnbull
* Colour: Soft Pink
* Mergers: Republican Party of Australia
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Australian Republicanism, Globalism
- Minor Faction: Australian Nationalism, Social Liberalism, Populism
* Political Position: Big Tent
* Slogan: For one of our own
* Coalition or Bloc: New Left

The Left Alliance
* Logo:
* Founder: Greg Jericho
* President: Ranjana Srivastava
* Leader/s: None
* Colour: Mint Green
* Mergers: None
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Left-wing Populism, Globalism, Communism, Anti-white racism, Feminazism
- Minor Faction: Left-wing Nationalism, Social Democracy, Social Liberalism, Grassroots democracy
* Political Position: Far-left
* Slogan: Left is deft, right is...
* Coalition or Bloc: New Left

Centre Alliance
* Logo:
* Founder: Nick Xenophon
* President: Nick Xenophon
* Leader/s: Rebekha Sharkie
* Colour: Orange
* Mergers: None
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Centrism, Social Liberalism, Populism
- Minor Faction: Grassroots democracy, Economic Nationalism
* Political Position: Centre-left to Centre
* Slogan: Working in Australia's interests
* Coalition or Bloc: None

New Liberals
* Logo:
* Founder: Christopher Pyne
* President: Julie Bishop
* Leader/s: None
* Colour: Teal and Light Blue
* Mergers: None
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Economic Liberalism, Social Liberalism Centrism, Classic Liberalism, Moderatism, Libertarianism
- Minor Faction: Conservative Liberalism
* Political Position: Centre
* Slogan: A fresh start
* Coalition or Bloc: None

Old Liberals
* Logo:
* Founder: Tony Abbott
* President: Mathias Cormann
* Leader/s: None
* Colour: Blue
* Mergers: None
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Liberal Conservatism, Economic Liberalism, Classic Liberalism, Fiscal conservatism
- Minor Faction (Additional Ideologies): Right Libertarianism, Social Conservatism
* Political Position: Centre-Right
* Slogan: We're for the people
* Coalition or Bloc: None

West First
* Logo:
* Founder: Tony Crook
* President: Julie Matheson
* Leader/s: None
* Colours: Dark Green and Black
* Mergers: Western Australia Party
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Western Australian Regionalism, Populism
- Minor Faction (Additional Ideologies):Centrism, Social Liberalism, Secessionism
* Political Position: Big Tent
* Slogan: Fair GST
* Coalition or Bloc: None

Tasmanian Union
* Logo:
* Founder: Steve Martin
* President: Rob Waterman
* Leader/s: None
* Colours: Bottle Green, Brown and Yellow
* Mergers: Jacqui Lambie Network
* Ideology:
- Main Faction: Tasmanian Regionalism, Populism
- Minor Faction (Additional Ideologies): Centrism, Veterans' Rights, Anti-Islam, Secessionism
* Political Position: Big Tent
* Slogan: Putting Tassies first
* Coalition or Bloc: None