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 \nFrom time to time the Group will report to theFederal Council and to the Federal Executive of theLiberal Party,and,on appropriate occasions,publish itsstatements,subject to publication being authorised bythe Parliamentary Leader and the Federal Executive.  \n\"Broad Highway\"is not complete in itself;it is abeginning.But it does disclose a positive faith and under-lines a challenge.One extract in particular defines theessence of the liberal outlook:\"If the Liberal Party stoodfor nothing else than the liberty of man to work out hisown destiny it would be embarking on a crusade whichcalled for superlative effort and deternination.\"  \nThe Group hopes the publication of the documentswill be both useful and a contribution to our continuedsuccessEach member of the Group has played a partand every contribution bears the impact of the views ofeach member.  \nWILLIAM McMAHON,M.P.  \nChairman of the Policy-Research Group.  \n# THE LIBERAL PARTY:WHAT IT STANDS FOR\n\nWEare apt to take liberty in Australia for granted.Yet it is under constant challenge,and chiefly by thosewho yearn for the all-powerful State.  \nLiberalism is Liberty.  \nIt rejects t","cbCaifYVH7vM2mlE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifYVH7vM2mlE","pdf",1140222,22,"English","# Contents\n## The Liberal Party: What it stands for\n## Preface\n## The Individual\n## Free Enterprise\n## Industrial Relations\n## Economic Policy\n## Rural Life and the Liberal Party\n## Private Property\n## Role of the Individual in the Future\n## Socialism\n## Communism\n## Bureaucracy","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of “Broad Highway” in the document series?\",\"answer\":\"It is the first of a series of statements on liberal principles and the values the Liberal Party honors, intended to present a complete pattern of liberal thinking for today’s Australia.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the Policy-Research Group formed and what task did it have?\",\"answer\":\"The group was set up by the Federal Council at its annual meeting in February 1956. 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