At the meeting of the Young Liberal Movement of Australia’s Federal Council, Michael Heydon (Western Australia) was elected as our Movement’s 46th Federal President alongside Clark Cooley (Tasmania) as Federal Vice-President.

At the Federal Council, Heydon and Cooley were elected on a clear platform to:

• Upskill members and ramping up the Young Liberals campaign resources in anticipation of a critical Federal Election
• Engage on the ground and remote campaigning for the Western Australian State election in March
• Refresh the Young Liberals online presence to assist in attracting and retaining the next generation of conservative leaders
• Continue to be a vocal advocate for Young Liberal values and our membership to government, members of parliament, the wider Liberal Party and the general public

Mr. Heydon said “It’s a privilege to serve as President of Australia’s most influential and active youth political movement.”

“The Young Liberal Movement has a proud tradition of advocating for our values within the Liberal Party and in public and I look forward to working with the new Federal Executive to do so.”

“Young Liberals will play a critical role in the upcoming Western Australian State election in March, and the next Federal Election.”

Former Federal Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Young Liberal Movement of Australia include Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Marise Payne; former Attorney-General the Hon Philip Ruddock AO; Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Alex Hawke MP; Senator Claire Chandler, and Federal MPs Jason Falinksi and Trent Zimmerman

At their Executive meeting on 26 March 2020, the Federal Executive of the Young Liberal Movement of Australia formally adopted the Liberal Party of Australia's National Code of Conduct and Complaints and Dispute Resolution Policy. These documents were formally adopted by the Federal Executive of the Liberal Party of Australia in 2019 after extensive consultation and the Young Liberals are pleased to support their operation amongst the Party membership. 

The National Code of Conduct is available here: https://cdn.liberal.org.au/pdf/National%20Code%20of%20Conduct%202019.pdf

The Complaints and Dispute Resolution Policy is available here: https://cdn.liberal.org.au/pdf/Complaints%20and%20Dispute%20Resolution%20Policy%202019V2.pdf

At the weekend's meeting of the Young Liberal Movement's Federal Council, Jocelyn Sutcliffe was elected as our Movement's 45th Federal President alongside Alexander Lisov as Federal Vice-President.

At Federal Council, Jocelyn and Alex were elected on a clear platform to:

1. Give the strongest possible support to the Queensland and ACT divisions in their crucial state and territory elections;
2. Host a targeted Campaign Workshop Series alongside the Party's 2020 meeting of Federal Council; and
3. Level up our Movement's policy advocacy via a range of submissions to government and a new Policy Blog.

It’s an enormous honour to have been elected as the new Federal President of the Young Liberals over the weekend and I wanted to outline my plan to make our Movement even stronger.

On 26 January 2019, Federal President Josh Manuatu tabled the 2018-19 Young Liberal Annual Report which shows that the Young Liberals has fully implemented its Strategic Plan to become an active and activist movement.

The Federal Liberal Government has just announced that it will commission a review of freedom of speech, to be conducted by former High Court chief justice Robert French, at universities following the countless examples of the oppressive left shutting down debate and centre-right thought on campus.

The Government has just announced that it is formally considering moving the Australian embassy in Israel to West Jerusalem and has placed the Iran Nuclear Deal in review.

Former Federal Young Liberal President Claire Chandler has been preselected as the Number 2 Tasmanian Liberal Senate Candidate for the next election.

In January when we released our Strategic Plan, we committed to build an active and activist Movement that’s focused on our values and invests in improving all that we do.

The Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced that the Federal Government will end Australian aid being provided to the Palestinian Authority and instead redirect our Aid to the United Nations' efforts in the region. In her announcement, the Minister said: