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Here in Australia our Center Right conservative party is the "Liberal party". Thatcher, Reagan etc would fit with their views, which to simplify a lot is: Pro f

Here in Australia our Center Right conservative party is the "Liberal party". Thatcher, Reagan etc would fit with their views, which to simplify a lot is: Pro free trade, pro privatization, anti trade union and less state welfare. My friend who is a member described them to me once as "economically liberal, socially conservative."

cam_l 8y ago
>Center Right It has been a while since they were centre anything. And i think in Australia at least the economically liberal / conservative split is not even close to a meaningful description. It was the left who curtailed the unions, removed trade restrictions and floated the dollar. Both sides have been involved in privatisation (because that is more an issue of insulating themselves politically). Corporatist vs socialist is one of the more fair terms i have seen thrown around. Though personally i think crony-capitalist vs crony-unionist is a more accurate description. The bigger issue is of course, the terms are used to blanket the actual issues in a political identity people are reluctant to divorce themselves from. Most voters are in general agreement when you can separate the issues from the political identity.