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Liberal Party names first female leader after historic Australia election loss (www.bbc.com)

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Despite the name, the Australian Liberal Party is anything but liberal.

It was as a young woman that she changed her name from Susan to Sussan, inspired by numerology - an ancient belief that numbers have a mystical impact on people's lives.

"I read about this numerology theory that if you add the numbers that match the letters in your name you can change your personality," she told The Australian.

"I worked out that if you added an 's' I would have an incredibly exciting, interesting life and nothing would ever be boring. It's that simple."

Hoo boy.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their name comes from them being economically liberal, not socially liberal.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They aren't that either. They're economically challenged, at best.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 1 year ago

No argument from me on that, I was just explaining where the name came from :)

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