"chicken rights" -- Right hand turns in Melbourne

So, Melbourne has this strange phenomenon for making right hand turns
in some locations (think: left turn in Canada). So, when you're
cycling and you want to turn left at a big intersection in Canada,
sometimes you might pull over to the right at the light, and wait for
the light to be green in the perpendicular direction and then go. This
is affectionately known as a "chicken left". In Melbourne, they do the
same thing, only it's for cars and it's for right turns (since they
drive on the left). So, imagine driving in a Canadian city and when
you want to make a left turn, you pull over to the right in front of
the cars in the perpendicular direction, wait for the light to turn red
and jump in front of them.
Bizarre, but functional. I guess it also cuts down on accidents with
streetcars (trams).