*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK0p6qOAOts Is the political Left collapsing?]</ref>
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK0p6qOAOts Is the political Left collapsing?]</ref>
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Political conservatism has grown in Australia. John Howard, who became prime minister in 1996, was the first holder of the office to describe himself as a conservative.
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Political conservatism has grown in Australia. John Howard, who became prime minister in 1996, was the first holder of the office to describe himself as a conservative.<ref>Graeme Davison et al. eds., The Oxford Companion to Australian History (2nd ed. 2001) p 148</ref>