In a unique way. The word unique, even though starts with a vowel, it is actually pronounced as, yoo-neek. As the starting sound is a non-vowel sound of yoo, we use a instead of an.
In Australian politics, Labor has traditionally been perceived as the party of big government and the Liberals the party of small government. The Australian government is one of the smallest governments in the developed world and Australia is one of the lowest-taxed countries in the developed world.
The Alliance is a left-wing political party in New Zealand. It was formed in 1991, and was influential in the 1990s, but has since declined and has no representation in parliament. It suffered a major setback after Jim Anderton, the party's leader, left the party in 2002, taking several of the party's MPs.