A siyasa, Robert Menzies da Jam'iyyar Liberal na Australia sun mamaye yawancin lokacin yakin basasa, inda suka kayar da gwamnatin Labor na Ben Chifley a 1949, a wani bangare kan shawarar Labor na kasa da bankuna da kuma bin wani mummunan aikin kwal da Jam'iyyar Kwaminisanci ta Australia ta jagoranci. Menzies ya zama Firayim Minista mafi tsawo a kasar kuma jam'iyyar Liberal, a cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da Jam'iyyar Kasashen ƙauyuka, ta lashe kowace za ~ en tarayya har zuwa 1972. Tambaya: A wace shekara ne Ben Chifley ya ci nasara?
Shekara ta 1949