Election explainer: the Liberal party

Sir Robert Menzies is installed as Warden of the Cinque Ports, during a ceremony at Dover, England, 20th July 1966 Source: Getty / George Freston/Getty Images

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There's no other figure that looms larger over the Liberal Party of Australia than Sir Robert Menzies.

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