Liberal 19 December —26 January Robert Menzies succeeded Earle Page to become Australia's 12th prime minister when the United Australia Party elected a new leader following Joseph Lyons' death in Menzies returned to serve a second term in when the Liberal Country Coalition replaced the Labor government led by Ben Chifley. Robert Gordon Menzies Liberal. Robert Menzies is Australia's longest serving prime minister, holding a record which is unlikely ever to be beaten.
Menzies learnt from his difficult first term as prime minister to go on to achieve a sustained and strong hold on the leadership of his party, and the nation, for sixteen years. Menzies began his political career grappling with the consequences of depression and war, and ended it managing the challenges of rapid post-war prosperity and growth. With a successful legal practice, and background in constitutional law, Menzies entered the Victorian Parliament in Yet, against the backdrop of war, Menzies failed to retain parliamentary support and resigned in He continued to hold his seat until the Liberal Party won government in and a staggering sixteen years as prime minister followed.
This term was characterised by economic growth, social change and political turmoil. On Australia Day , Menzies voluntarily resigned as Prime Minister; he had instigated and adapted to more change than any predecessor. On 3 September , following Germany's invasion of Poland, Britain declared war. British dominions, including Australia, made separate declarations of war on the same day.
On 26 July , Australia is committed to ground operations in Korea. The act was then challenged in the High Court and, on 9 March , held to be unconstitutional. A referendum was held on 22 September on the issue of banning the Communist Party of Australia. A slim majority of Australians voted against the proposal. Petrov and his wife Evdokia were offered asylum in Australia in exchange for information about Soviet espionage.
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In office 19 December — 26 January Ben Chifley. In office 26 April — 29 August Lord Gowrie. Arthur Fadden. In office 15 September — 16 February Andrew Peacock.
In office May — July Albert Dunstan. Pattie Leckie Menzies. Fellow Australians. It is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that in consequence of a persistence by Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her and that, as a result, Australia is also at war. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Menzies.
Preceded by James Merritt. Member for East Yarra Province — Succeeded by Sir Clifden Eager. Preceded by Edmund Greenwood. Member for Nunawading — Succeeded by William Boyland. Preceded by Sir Albert Dunstan. Deputy Premier of Victoria — Succeeded by Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes.
Prime Minister from Treasurer from Minister for Defence Co-ordination from Minister for Trade and Customs from Minister for Information from Minister for Munitions from Vice-President of the Executive Council from 7.
Minister for External Affairs from 4. Joint Select: Constitutional Review from Member, Ministerial Delegation to England, Visited Great Britain, Middle East, Visited the United States for talks with American leader, Attended the United Nations General Assembly, Member, Ministerial Delegation on the Ottawa Agreement, Sir Robert Menzies.
National Library of Australia nla. Entry to federal politics. The Menzies agenda. Snowy Mountains Hydro live-sketch animation. Economic prosperity. International presence. Beyond politics Menzies travelled widely in Australia and overseas on government business.
Later years Robert Menzies devoted himself to authorship in retirement. Menzies died in Melbourne on 15 May and was given a state funeral.
This legislation included: The Supply and Development Act to set up the Department of Supply to organise purchase and manufacture of arms and munitions. This law could be extended to cover almost any activity, but was sometimes successfully challenged in the courts. The Aliens Registration Act to control the movement of foreigners in Australia. The National Registration Act to set up a registry of men liable for military service and to help mobilisation. The Trading with the Enemy Act to prohibit trade with countries at war with Australia.
The Conciliation and Arbitration Act provided for the use of secret ballots in trade union elections. The National Health Act consolidated medical, hospital, pharmaceutical and pensioner medical services. The Broadcasting and Television Act gave the ABC the same powers in television as it already had in radio, and made other arrangements for the introduction of television.
A separate industrial court was established under an amendment to the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. Various banking acts, including the Reserve Bank Act , which separated central banking from other functions, had been blocked in the Senate during the twenty-second parliament but became Acts of the twenty-third parliament when the Menzies government obtained a majority in the Senate at the election.
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