Menzies. Eighty men and women from 18 non-Labor political parties and organizations attended the first Canberra conference. They shared a common belief that Australians should have greater personal freedom and choice than that offered under Labor's post-war reform plans.
             Sir Robert Menzies went on to lead Australia and the Liberal Party for 17 years, before he retired from politics in 1966. The Liberals Party has become Australia's most successful postwar party; it was elected to Government for 23 years from 1949 to 1972, and for another term of more than seven years from 1975 to 1983. In 1996, the Australian people again re-elected the Liberal Party, in coalition with the National Party of Australia, to govern Australia in a landslide win, and in 1998 that same government was reelected.
             The Sydney Greens became the first na
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