Sydney University Liberal Club

[1] The club hosts policy debates, annual dinners, student election campaigns, and guest speaker events with members of parliament.

With the exception of a short period in the late 1990s, the Sydney University Liberal Club has been a consistent supporter of voluntary student unionism, and has attracted national media coverage in recent years for its pro-VSU counterprotests.

[7] The Howard Cup is an intervarsity debating competition between six Liberal Clubs across New South Wales, consisting of preliminary rounds and a grand finals.

[11] This prompted allegations of 'strong conservatism', and claims that it risked the Liberal Party's reputation as "a broad church",[12] even though these motions failed to pass or to attract any significant support.

[15] In May 2011, this same "far-right" group again drew controversy in the Sydney Morning Herald after the Vice-president and Secretary noticed the addition of over 60 international students to the club membership list just hours before a scheduled Ordinary Meeting.

Amid concerns about vote-stacking, non-students registering to vote, and other issues, the University of Sydney dissolved the entire membership and required all members to re-apply in person.

To think that he had a daughter who told lies every time she stood for parliament"[23][24] in reference to Prime Minister, Julia Gillard's recently deceased father.