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1. I take it "Lib" in Australia has a slightly different meaning than it has in the US.

Wed Jul 23, 2014, 01:39 AM

Jul 2014

My liberal-voting friends here in the US are quite easy to be polite to. I am a liberal and I vote accordingly, like my friends.

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Tony Abbott achieves the impossible: unity among economists [View all] Matilda Jul 2014 OP

Yes, here "Liberal" is synonymous with "Tory". Matilda Jul 2014 #2

Or to put it another way, Australia doesn't have a debt crisis Fairgo Jul 2014 #3

Apparently Sloppy Joe Hockey Tanelorn Jul 2014 #5