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John Roskam

Liberal ‘broad church’ is now an inter-faith dialogue

Robert Menzies didn’t start the Liberal Party to fight for the forgotten people living in harbour mansions.

In a speech he made when he was prime minister, John Howard famously described the Liberal Party as a “broad church”, accommodating the political traditions of both classical liberalism and conservatism.

Subject to some minor qualifications Howard’s analysis was accurate. But that was a description of the Liberals as they were nearly 20 years ago.

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John Roskam is a senior fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Connect with John on Twitter.

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