Americans and their delusional of grandeur. Never ceases to surprise the world.
Tell us how again America safeguards the liberty of Australia, while being completely inept at safeguarding their own democracy?
250 years of safeguarding American democracy. It's looking pretty ironclad right now. Large portions of the population not liking elected officials is a pretty much universal symptom of functioning democracy.
You guys would be speaking Japanese to an entirely German EU without America. But currently it's just a strong safeguard. You should maybe google that word.
There's never been a time in history when Europe has gone this long without succumbing to totalitarianism and war with itself. Almost all of Australian history up to that point was as a European colony, so that applies to Australia also. It's a pretty big coincidence if you don't think this is directly due to the threat of America looming.
America also safeguards your trading routes for free. nbd, ensuring safe trade is good for everybody, you don't have to say thanks.