I found myself explaining the difference between the Labor party, the Liberal party and the Nationals to my best friend's younger sister.
I once had to explain to a university graduate that the Coalition is two separate parties who join together to form government, and if the ALP were in power (this was in the Howard years), they would not become the Coalition.
But yeah, how do you just ... walk around! And not know this stuff! (My earliest Australian political memory is Keating knifing Hawke. I was vaguely aware of stuff before that, but that was the first time I followed along. Baby's first spill!)
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I once had to explain to a university graduate that the Coalition is two separate parties who join together to form government, and if the ALP were in power (this was in the Howard years), they would not become the Coalition.
But yeah, how do you just ... walk around! And not know this stuff! (My earliest Australian political memory is Keating knifing Hawke. I was vaguely aware of stuff before that, but that was the first time I followed along. Baby's first spill!)