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Did Australia just make a move to the left?

  • Written by Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
Did Australia just make a move to the left?Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Political commentators often use the idea of a political spectrum from left to right as shorthand for understanding political ideologies, parties and programs. Derived from the arrangement of the National Assembly in the French Revolution, it has been a remarkably resilient form of political shorthand.

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