Ps. The Liberal party has now moved so far to left that its name is now legitimate: it is a liberal party and is thought of as such by most foreign countries not familiar with our peculiar politics. I remember Arnold Schwarzenegger, when he was governor of California, telling John Howard that he was a lefty because he was leader of a party called the Liberal party. Howard's reaction was worth money to see!

Of course, when Robert Menzies started the party it was intended to be, and was, more liberal than he left behind.

I believe that our Liberal part is similar to the UK version, not quite as left as Labour. I also believe that we now need a strong conservative party for balance. I just don't think the leadership for it is available yet.

Is Mise,

Sorry, I missed your post. It might be "enshrined" in America, bit it is not in Australia. All Americans I've known do not know that there's a difference in the spelling of many words in American and Australian English. Now, of course, many Australians don't know about it either, thanks to American TV and publishers. No big deal, I suppose; I have a thing about it. I admit to having finally accepted 'program' for 'programme' and 'gram' for 'gramme'. That's my limit.

ttbn,

Thanks for explaining things further.

Well said.

Whom can we vote for to stop this madness?
Yuyutsu,
I give you one guess which party started the nonsense & now they're trying to get in again !

Yuyutsu,
It got to the stage where PNG visitors came in big numbers & stayed for months at a time. It simply became too much of a strain on resources when the community literally doubles in those times.
When the dry season hits the southern shores of PNG the drinkable water becomes extremely scarce there too.
Reality is rather different from just looking at Google Earth.

Dear Individual,

It seems that I need more clues:

Please tell me which party(s) have a policy of allowing us to take with us our own water bottles and home-squeezed carrot-juice on international flights.

As far as I can tell, both flanks of the Australian ruling party enforce the confiscation of our private liquids. What other explanation is there, but that both flanks collude with the manufacturers of bottled-water and soft drinks! They claim "terrorism" as their excuse, but they in fact are the biggest terrorists themselves. Both flanks even promised to install detectors in Australian international airports that can quickly and easily scan bottles of liquids for explosives, but when in power, none of them implemented what they promised. They never ever cared about the ordinary person: you probably treat the ants in your yard better than they treat you!

Check the dates of these promises:
http://www.traveller.com.au/new-scanners-at-australian-airports-may-let-you-keep-your-liquids-186e5
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/international-travellers-free-to-fly-with-liquids-at-last-under-new-security-plan-/news-story/0ec90dd4b4fae7e71535afb52ba7caa7