Editing Country Liberal Party (section)

==Ideology==
The CLP stands for office in the Northern Territory Assembly and [[Federal Parliament of Australia]] and primarily concerns itself with representing Territory interests. It is a regionally based party, that has parliamentary representation in both the Federal Parliament and at the territory level. It brands as a party with strong roots in the Territory.

The CLP competes against the [[Territory Labor Party]] (the local branch of Australia's largest [[social democracy|social democratic]] party). It is closely affiliated with, but is independent from the [[Liberal Party of Australia]] (a mainly urban, pro-business party comprising mainly [[liberalism|liberal]] membership) and the [[National Party of Australia]] (a [[conservatism|conservative]] and regional interests party).<ref name="parliament.curriculum.edu.au">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.curriculum.edu.au/parties_countrylib.htm |title=Parliament @ Work - The Country Liberal Party (CLP) |publisher=Parliament.curriculum.edu.au |access-date=2016-09-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218171746/http://www.parliament.curriculum.edu.au/parties_countrylib.htm |archive-date=18 February 2017}}</ref>

The foreword to the constitution of the party describes it as an "independent conservative political party".<ref name="auto"/> One of the objectives in the party's constitution is to "work toward the achievement of [[Northern Territory statehood|Statehood in the Northern Territory]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ntec.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/556084/Constitution_CLP.pdf|title=Constitution of the Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory|date=6 April 2018|version=13|publisher=Country Liberal Party|page=9|access-date=13 April 2022|archive-date=20 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320054648/https://ntec.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/556084/Constitution_CLP.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The party promotes traditional Liberal Party values such as [[individualism]] and [[private enterprise]], and what it describes as "progressive" political policy such as [[Proposed Northern Territory statehood|full statehood]] for the Northern Territory.<ref name="parliament.curriculum.edu.au"/>

In February 2023, the party voted to oppose the [[Indigenous Voice to Parliament|Voice to Parliament]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-19/nt-clp-no-voice-to-parliament-split-central-council/101995356 | title=Party members of the NT's Country Liberals vote to oppose an Indigenous Voice to Parliament | newspaper=ABC News | date=19 February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/northern-territorys-country-liberal-party-to-oppose-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/58cca1c6c0184543aa6fcdddc5d4eed5 | title=Country Liberal Party to oppose Voice | date=18 February 2023 }}</ref>