Alleged Communist Plots

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Alleged Communist plots were gradually growing post World War II and through the 1940s – 1950s, there was a fear to undermine Australian Society. Across the globe Britain, American and Australia had an underlying fear, which was the revolt of suburban security being taken away by the cause of communist plots. Australia’s attitude towards this was to attempt to expose and remove all communists and communist plots across all of society within Australia. (Skwirk, 2014)

Fear of communists within there own society was definitely a threat that was in the mind of the Australian government but also the fear of communist invasion from outside of Australia.
After World War II and the problems that it had created, Australians just wanted security and peace. Despite the economic and political stability within Australia, it was still a time of tension and fear. (Skwirk, 2014)

In 1949, the fear of communism sweeping the world became an Australian election issue; the ‘domino theory’ would later come into play. Robert Menzies, the leader of the Liberal Party, made an election promise to outlaw the Communist Party in Australia because the Australian citizens believed that there was a danger for their prosperity. They allegedly assumed that communists had infiltrated their trade unions and political parties. (Retroactive pg. 225, 2010)

An uprising of propaganda in Australia started presenting itself in many ways. In the 1950s anti-communist films were created to explain how communism had crumbled 800 million people. Similarly compared to World War II, fear and disgust was the driving force of the influencing of the people.
‘Reds under the beds’ was the name given to the communists and their supporters were considered potential rebels and e...

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