Table 2.

Queensland political party ideologies

Political party	Ideology/ies
Liberal National Party (LNP) (merger between the Liberal and National party)	Liberal ideology: emphasis on minimal state involvement. Any government intervention is to help people help themselves(29) Neoliberal ideology: free market economics (that the economy works best when left alone by the government); unregulated market capitalism delivers efficiency, growth and widespread prosperity(44) Agrarianism/Country mindedness: emphasises supporting the rights and enhancing the status of farmers; supports financial and social incentives for farmers(45–46).
Australian Labor Party (ALP)	Social democracy: aims to ‘humanise’ capitalism by striving for a balance between market economy and state intervention(29); economic and social interventions can rectify the shortcomings of capitalism; the state is the custodian of public interest and social change can and should be brought about peacefully and constitutionally(47); support for government-funded welfare and taxation schemes
Katter’s Australian Party (KAP)	Agrarianism/Country mindedness: emphasises supporting the rights and enhancing the status of farmers; supports financial and social incentives for farmers(45–46) Economic nationalism: favours state interventions over market mechanisms, including domestic control of the economy(48) Right-wing populism: juxtaposes social classes, aims to defend a national culture and identity against perceived attacks by outsiders(49).
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation (One Nation)	Ultra-nationalism: xenophobia, supports authoritarian politics(50) Right-wing populism: juxtaposes social classes, aims to defend a national culture and identity against perceived attacks by outsiders(49)