world. It is a means of communication. No‚ I don’t believe that television has any contribution on isolating people. The excerpt says “At first‚ television watching was a communal affair; …………..proudly invite the neighbors in to view the marvelous box”. I completely disagree with this line. For me communal affairs are those activities where the members of community unite together to broaden their friendship. This could be done either by solving the problem of society or just organizing a party
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organisation with an aim of spreading communism throughout the world. Communism really was a threat to Australians in the 1950s‚ the events of the Korean War‚ different alliances being formed‚ the banning of the Communist party of Australia (CPA) and the Petrov affair all tell us that communism could spread to Australia. Australia responded to the threat of communism by joining the Korean war in 1950‚ Australia joined the Korean war to prevent fighting communism in Australia‚ so they fought overseas. The war
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with the threat of communism in Australia in the 1950’s. There were many Government attempts to ban the Communist Party of Australia in the 1950’s. The idea of “Reds under the Beds”‚ was presented in the Communist Party Dissolution Bill and the Petrov Affair‚ which Menzies used to his political advantage. These two attempts to ban the Communist Party led to a significant change in the Australia Labor Party in the 1950’s that changed the course of the Party for decades. The term “Reds under the
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government responded in many ways to the threat of communism during the 1950’s. Australia responded by its involvement in the Korean War‚ joining alliances and signing treaties and by the introduction of the Dissolution Bill‚ referendum and the Petrov Affair. Australia’s involvement in the Korean War was one of the ways in which it reacted to the largely growing threat of communism. Australia didn’t think communism as a threat until China was sucked in by the Red Menace and turn into a communist
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After the Second World War‚ communist fears in Australia were high. This fear was intertwined with politics and as a result of this‚ Prime Minister Robert Menzies was able to quite skilfully exploit the threat of Communism for electoral gain. He raised the threat of Communism before each election‚ stimulated opposition disarray and scared the more impressionable voters back to supporting the coalition. As well as impacting on Australian politics‚ communism and the fear of communism greatly affected
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Australia and in Asia? The Australian Government responded to the threat of communism in Asia including forward defence‚ the ANZUS Treaty and the SEATO Alliance. Within Australia‚ the responses included a referendum to ban Communist Party and the Petrov Affair. Forward Defence was a foreign policy used by the Australian Government in response to the threat of communism. The Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1962-1972) were part of the forward defence tactic which was to keep aggressive
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Soviet diplomat in Canberra‚ Vladimir Petrov‚ had been granted political asylum. Petrov’s defection had caused enquiries about Australian security and brought with it strong fear about communism. Menzies announced a Royal Commission into Espionage. Evatt however‚ claimed that the Petrov Affair was only a Liberal Party conspiracy‚ aimed at portraying the opposition as being sympathetic to communism to win a majority at the following 1954 election. The Petrov Affair is an example of how ‘kicking the communist
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known as the Petrov Affair and reignited the fear of communism which became stronger than ever before. The government’s seemingly desperate response to communism‚ such as sending Australian troops overseas in forward defence and in the hopes of displaying loyalty to America in return for support in a potential attack‚ also added to the fear of communism among citizens as they realised their own government saw communism as a menace. It is evident that events such as the Petrov Affair‚ a direct result
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and propaganda to fight it both at home and abroad. At home they attempted to ban the Communist Party‚ which was slowly gaining more support‚ and they claimed that they had possession of a list of communist spies given to the by Vladimir Petrov (of the ‘Petrov Affair’). Abroad‚ the Australian government formed more international treaties‚ in an attempt to stop the Domino Theory‚ and they also became more militarily involved with the world as a form of forward defence. In an attempt to contain the
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This was extremely important for Australia as if this act was allowed to keep going it would be one of the first steps to communism. Another Aspect that won over the people of Australia for Menzies and his non-communist government was the Petrov Affair. The Petrov
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