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An odd thought I had--Powell famously became a professor at Sydney University at the age of 25 just before WW2 broke out, then returned home to enlist in the army soon afterwards. Let's say he gets involved in a car crash or something on the way, spends a few months recovering in an Australian hospital and is left with an injury that prevents him from seeking frontline service, even if he could get home now. He resolves to do his best for the war effort and joins the Australian Forces, advancing like OTL to an intelligence position and helping with the Pacific theatre. In 1945 he hears of the Labour landslide victory and, only being able to judge from second-hand accounts, decides "England is lost to Socialism" and decides to stay in Australia, eventually entering Australian politics.

It occurs to me that Powell's views on race and immigration would probably be less controversial in Australia as the White Australia Policy was still relatively mainstream. However I'm wondering if his views if he did become Prime Minister (presumably as a member of the Coalition) are that predictable. A lot of Powell's defining views came from his OTL war experiences, in particular his hatred of the United States, so deprived of those his political positions might be different. Any thoughts?
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