coalition government

Around 15,000 were in circulation when the scheme was scrapped by the coalition government in 2011, and the database destroyed.

However, the group's lawyers appealed for more money after new evidence showed officials of the then-Liberal National coalition government knew the scheme was "unlawful" but continued anyway.

In return for supporting a minority coalition government they have seen much of their anti-migration platform shape government policy.

When his coalition government came to office earlier this year, it loosened borrowing restrictions to enable a surge in defence spending and then announced plans for 3.5% of economic output to go on defence over the next four years.

In the mid-2010s the coalition government encouraged town hall chiefs to broaden income streams by investing in property.