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The [[Commonwealth]] of '''Australia''' is an independent nation that occupies the continent of Australia, with its west coast on the [[Indian Ocean]], east coast on the [[Pacific Ocean]] facing [[New Zealand]], southern coast on the [[Southern Ocean]] facing [[Antarctica]], and northern coast facing [[Indonesia]] and [[Papua New Guinea]]. Australia is considered geographically as part of [[Oceania]], but has been establishing its place politically and commercially in [[Southeast Asia]].  

The [[Commonwealth]] of '''Australia''' is an independent nation that occupies the continent of Australia, with its west coast on the [[Indian Ocean]], east coast on the [[Pacific Ocean]] facing [[New Zealand]], southern coast on the [[Southern Ocean]] facing [[Antarctica]], and northern coast facing [[Indonesia]] and [[Papua New Guinea]]. Australia is considered geographically as part of [[Oceania]], but has been establishing its place politically and commercially in [[Southeast Asia]]. Australia has the highest per capita losses due to [[gambling]]: $1555 per person per year, with pervasive advertising and "pokies" (gambling machines) nearly everywhere.

Politically, Australia combines the structures of a democratic political system with a governing culture that is authoritarian or even fascist in many respects. It shifted towards [[Leftism]] as the result of enacting [[gun control]] in the wake of an isolated mass shooting in 1996, the Port Arthur massacre.  In contrast, the [[United States]] has remained more [[conservative]] by rejecting that totalitarian approach urged by the [[liberal media]].

Politically, Australia combines the structures of a democratic political system with a governing culture that is authoritarian or even fascist in many respects. It shifted towards [[Leftism]] as the result of enacting [[gun control]] in the wake of an isolated mass shooting in 1996, the Port Arthur massacre.  In contrast, the [[United States]] has remained more [[conservative]] by rejecting that totalitarian approach urged by the [[liberal media]].