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Ruddick left the Liberal Party to join the Liberal Democrats in 2021 following public dissatisfaction with the party's response to COVID-19, lockdowns and what he alleged to be a lack of democratisation in the party.
John Ruddick has been active in and around the NSW Liberal Party for 25 years as a campaigner for democratic reform. In 2018 he wrote Make the Liberal Party Great Again, which advocates for the party membership to elect the parliamentary leader and often writes for Spectator and the Sydney Morning Herald .
Aug 31, 2021 · The Liberal Democrats are proud to announce we have nominated John Ruddick as our lead senate candidate for NSW at the upcoming federal election. Mr Ruddick joined the party in July and was quickly endorsed as the Liberal Democrats candidate in the federal seat of Warringah.
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Mr John Ruddick (the applicant) challenged the constitutional validity of recent amendments to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) (the Act) which limit registration of political parties whose name or logo contains a word in common with that of a previously registered political party. The High Court rejected the applicant's submissions, findi...
In 2021, the Commonwealth Parliament (the respondent) passed the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Party Registration Integrity) Bill 2021 (the Amending Act), which amended the Act. Relevantly, these changes resulted in alterations to ss 129, 129A and 134A of the Act (the relevant sections), with the effect of preventing the registration of politica...
In this case, the Court was asked to answer two questions: 1. Is the purpose of the relevant provisions valid? 2. Do the relevant provisions place a burden on constitutionally recognised freedoms/principles? Justices Gordon, Edelman, Gleeson, and (separately) Justice Steward delivered the majority judgment, which answered 'no' to both questions. Th...
Two minority decisions were delivered in this case. The first by Chief Justice Kiefel and Justice Keane, and the second by Justice Gageler. The conclusions of both minority judgments were the opposite to that of the majority, and their reasons were largely consistent with each other. Justice Gageler's decision Justice Gageler noted that both consti...
In this case the Commonwealth convinced a majority of the Court that voter confusion has arisen from political parties using the same words in their party names, and that this is a material threat to democracy which requires attention. In upholding the amendments to the Act, this decision seemingly empowers sizeable, well-established political part...
Mar 31, 2022 · Senate candidate John Ruddick. In Ruddick, Steward gave short shrift to the implied right to vote, which is also drawn from sections seven and 24 of the constitution. So, clearly, he’s got it...
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The Hon. John Ruddick, MLC 6 Macquarie Street SYDNEY NSW 2000: P (02) 9230 2656: E [email protected] Parliamentary Activity. Current Positions. Position Start Notes;
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On 22 September 1973, Ruddock was elected to the House of Representatives at a by-election for the seat of Parramatta. He narrowly held it at the 1974 general election, but was returned with a large swing in 1975. A redistribution ahead of the 1977 election, however, split Parramatta almost in half.
