What is a Liberal paradigm?

Paradigm is a series of actions or setups lined up for a perticular purpose.

A philosophical and theoretical framework

From what chat friends in Australia have told me about their politics, the "conservative" politicians there would make Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy look like a Right Wing extremists.

By definition, you can be a "liberal", by being open minded and not so strictly bound to the observance of orthodox, traditional or established forms or ways. Of course, if one were to use that...