[Sax]

Does anyone know of a FR equivalent in Australia?

I like to do a little lurking just to see what the debate is like over there now.

[Alkhin]

No Free Republic board per se, but I do know of quite a few "conservative" (in the American sense) weblogs that have been keeping track of things.

A Western Heart - this is an Anglosphere blog with contributions from writers in the US and UK
Dissecting Leftism
Tim Blair - the most well known Aussie blog - can learn much from commenters
Silent Running