"The real and active Communists in Australia present us with our immediate problem — not the woolly-headed dupes, not the people who are pushed to the front in order to present a respectable appearance, but the real and active Communists."
— Robert Menzies

January 1, 1970

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Anti-communistsMonarchistsPrime Ministers of AustraliaAcademics from AustraliaPeople from Victoria
Original Language: English

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House of Representatives, Canberra (27 April 1950). Quoted in Michael Fullilove, Men and Women of Australia!, 2nd ed. (2014), p. 165