The Chifley government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley. It was made up of members of the Australian Labor Party in the Australian Parliament from 19
H. V. Evatt (left) and Ben Chifley (middle) with British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (right) at the Dominion and British Leaders Conference, London, 1946
The Menzies government refers to the second period of federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies. It was made up of members of a Liberal–Country Party coalition in
Sir Robert Menzies, Dame Enid Lyons (the first woman member of an Australian Cabinet), Sir Eric Harrison, Harold Holt (Menzies' successor) and an Airforceman in 1946.
Fifth Menzies Ministry in 1951.
Cold War politics: Evdokia Petrova at Sydney Airport, being escorted to a waiting plane by two armed KGB agents during the Petrov Affair. Menzies intervened to prevent her forced removal to the USSR following the defection of her husband.