It's got multiple personalities, which are at battle with each other. The party was founded as a party of social liberals (with conservative economics), but fo

It's got multiple personalities, which are at battle with each other. The party was founded as a party of social liberals (with conservative economics), but for the last 3 decades has been eaten from the inside by a socially conservative wing resulting in a misnomer. The conservatives could have their own party, but the Liberal name and the remaining perception of liberalism attracts votes, as shown by the "Australian Conservatives" party which broke away from the Liberals and couldn't attract enough votes to survive.