Postwar policy of the Liberal-National Coalition in Australia

Abstract

After the second War World the were, which direction was decided by the cold War rivaroly between the USA and USSR. Another factor was the process of disintegration of the British Empire and its loss of influence in the World. Australia observe the changes carefully to make the optimal choices for the country in the context of the new adapted global strategy. The purpose of this article is to show the postwar policy of the Liberal-National Coalition. The new policy most of all had to solve postwar dylemas in Australia. The question of security had priority. Only well chosen alliance allowed to precisely to take position on the ideologically divided world map. We have to remember that the declaration which side you belong to decided about the longterm perspective of the conditions for macroeconomic development in Australia which was seen as important for good growth of the economy. As specially difficult was to find capital and workforce and also to modernize industry to adapt to contemporary standards.