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To: naturalman1975

Is the Liberal Party of Australia the most conservative of all of the present political parties of Australia?


5 posted on 11/26/2009 4:04:04 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore
No - there are dozens of minor parties, some of which are to the right of the Liberals, but most of which have either no representation in any legislature in Australia, or at most have one or two members scattered about.

Of 'significant' parties, the National Party tends to be slightly more conservative than the Liberal Party, but they normally operate in coalition - differences are minor.

Of less significant parties, Family First has one Federal Senator, and a few members of State Parliaments - they are a socially conservative party, and closely linked to some Christian groups. The Christian Democrats have one member of a state Parliament.

Basically the Liberals are the only conservative party that can realistically give us a Prime Minister, the Liberals and Nationals the only conservative parties that can give us state Premiers. None of the others can do more than put a few people into Parliaments.

6 posted on 11/26/2009 4:15:51 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

No, it is moderate/conservative. But it is in a coalition with the National Party which is very conservative.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia


7 posted on 11/26/2009 4:17:48 PM PST by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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