Context: Michelle Grattan AO (born 30 June 1944), Australian journalist, was the first woman to become editor of an Australian metropolitan daily newspaper. Specialising in political journalism, Grattan has written and edited for many significant Australian newspapers. She is chief political correspondent with The Conversation, Australia's largest independent news website., Christopher Gordon `` Chris '' Miles ( born 21 August 1947 ) was an Australian politician . Born in Ulverstone , Tasmania , he was educated at the University of Tasmania and then the University of South Africa , becoming a teacher , traveller and sawmiller . In 1984 , he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Braddon . In 1992 he was one of a group of Coalition members of parliament who founded the Lyons Forum , a conservative ginger group . On 11 March 1996 , following the victory of the Coalition in the federal election of that year , Miles was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister , John Howard . He held this position until 1998 , when he was defeated in his seat of Braddon by Labor candidate Sid Sidebottom ., The Lyons Forum was a ginger group or informal political faction comprising some federal members of conservative Australian parliamentary parties. It was formed in the early 1990s and was active both in Liberal Party of Australia parliamentary leadership conflict and on family policy issues. The faction was sometimes disparagingly called "The God Squad". By 2004 it was described as "defunct" by Michelle Grattan., The Liberal Party of Australia (Lib or colloquially Libs) is a major political party in Australia. Founded in 1945 to replace the United Australia Party (UAP), the Liberal Party is one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the Australian Labor Party (ALP)., Subject: chris miles , Relation: member_of_political_party, Options: (A) independent (B) labor party (C) liberal (D) liberal party
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