In what sense is Australia in the West?

And why specifically mention Western? What Eastern or other non-Western countries do you feel are above such scrutiny?

Given its close ties to the U.K., Australia has always been considered "the West". Except from a geographical standpoint.

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East and West on a globe are arbitrary and have always defined ideology, racial history and shared ideology. I personally hate the terminology and I think it's becoming less pertinent and popular in the modern age.

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