The term ‘liberal’ is confusing. In the United States it means a progressive, in Europe more of a classical liberal, and in Australia it is the moniker of a supposedly conservative political party. Its various connotations, applications and interpretations are as contradictory as they are numerous. Of those three applications, it is the Australian one which is most nebulous.
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