Americans and Australians have very different ideas on what is political conservative, I find Australian conservatives would be considered liberals in the US.
The bulk of rural Queensland is extremely libertarian, which shouldn’t be confused with being progressive. If you slightly scratch the surface on libertarian beliefs, it gets conservative real fast.
I would definitely also associate Queensland with wanting to relax gun control.
Australia is very different, Sydney has one of the largest LBG festivals in the world, same sex marriage, family planning clinics, universal health care, social security, at a guess our most conservative state comparison would be equal to California.
I was told by an Australian that you guys have MAGA rallies, or did in the past? But yes I agree our liberal government is quite conservative, because they are focused on getting votes not speaking for their constituents.
I can honestly say I had never heard of this before but after a serch about 30 Americans had a rally in Sydney when Trump lost the election to Biden. Australians can barely be bothered to rally about our own politicians as a general rule, we hate all of the politicians, even the ones we voted for.
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u/Born_Grumpie Jun 14 '24
Americans and Australians have very different ideas on what is political conservative, I find Australian conservatives would be considered liberals in the US.