why Australia’s religious right loses policy battles even when it wins elections
- Written by: David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Conservative Christians are prominent in Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition parties. Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott are two of the most devout and theologically conservative prime ministers in Australian history.
StateCoalition partieshave hadinfluxes of religious conservatives as the Coalition absorbs Christian parties and their voters....
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