Politically, Liberal in Oz = conservative. My parents are conservative and vote for Liberal. The Labour Party has become much more conservative in recent times. I vote for neither. I despise conservatism (and politics). I'm all for progress and reform (much more than the pols of any persuasion) and embrace other aspects of the definition of liberal. "God" should play no part in any of it, but it's (still) in the constitution. It's all very confusing and contradictory. Perhaps it's just the terminology.