Occasionally, in the USA, the topic of the true meaning of left and right wing comes up. There they have different words for such things. A liberal in the USA is not a conservative, but generally seen to be a Democrat or part of the left wing. A conservative is the opposite of a liberal, and generally seen to be a Republican or part of the right wing. Sometimes their politicians try to explain the difference between their meanings for conservative and liberal compared with those of other countries.

It seems to me that left wing/right wing as a dichotomy is not really very useful as an analysis tool in this country. There is a lot of left and a lot of right in both of the major parties and depending upon which faction is on top at any given time within each of those parties, this seems to determine their current attitudes. Those who could be described as "left wing" though, seem to particularly enjoy the idea of having 2 opposite poles. They assert for example that whenever the SFP supports the CDP that it is because they are both "right wing", working hand in glove with a "right wing" Coalition government in NSW.

Although some of the SFP's policies could comfortably fit with the framework of say, the Republican party in the USA, here they do not comfortably sit within the policy framework of either major party . Both are quick to distance themselves from the SFP in order to gain some short term applause from a fickle public. So in that sense the SFP remains, like this nation, an island which stands alone. Left wings and right wings may come and go in the major parties, but the SFP shall continue to serve its objective, which is to serve its constituents above all else.