"the Massachusetts of Australia" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Coined by former Prime Minister John Howard after the Coalition's landslide defeat to the state Labor government of Premier Daniel Andrews at the 2018 Victorian state election. Howard referred to Victoria as \"the Massachusetts of Australia\", in reference to both states being progressive and left-leaning. In response, after the Andrews government was re-elected at the 2022 state election, in his victory speech, Andrews referred to Massachusetts as \"the Victoria of the United States\".",
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      },
      "expansion": "the Massachusetts of Australia",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Australian politics",
          "orig": "en:Australian politics",
          "parents": [
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            "Politics",
            "Earth",
            "Oceania",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "John Howard",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the state of Victoria"
      ],
      "id": "en-the_Massachusetts_of_Australia-en-name-xPlNxxcG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Victoria",
          "Victoria"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia) the state of Victoria"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the Massachusetts of Australia"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Coined by former Prime Minister John Howard after the Coalition's landslide defeat to the state Labor government of Premier Daniel Andrews at the 2018 Victorian state election. Howard referred to Victoria as \"the Massachusetts of Australia\", in reference to both states being progressive and left-leaning. In response, after the Andrews government was re-elected at the 2022 state election, in his victory speech, Andrews referred to Massachusetts as \"the Victoria of the United States\".",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "the Massachusetts of Australia",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English proper nouns",
        "en:Australian politics",
        "en:John Howard"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the state of Victoria"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Victoria",
          "Victoria"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia) the state of Victoria"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the Massachusetts of Australia"
}