From the early days of federal politics in Australia, conservatives have been split over issues such as free trade versus protection and support or opposition to conscription. The ‘broad church’ is to the Liberal Party what ‘solidarity’ is to Labor.
The uniting principle of the Liberal Party’s broad church has been opposition to socialism.
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