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Libs turn 70

11 October 2014

9:00 AM

11 October 2014

9:00 AM

The Liberal party, celebrating its 70th anniversary this week, was a product of passion; particularly that of Robert Menzies. The party was founded out of deeply held beliefs, and organized to achieve those beliefs. While many contributed to its formation and its ideas: people such as Elizabeth Couchman of the Australian Women’s National League, and those at the newly formed Institute of Public Affairs, it is almost certainly the case that without Bob Menzies, there would have been no Liberal Party.

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