The True Believers

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."

• world war ii
• cold war
• prime minister
• freedom of speech
• constitution
• parliament
• political party
• election campaign
• trade union
• idealism
• anti-communism
• class differences
• disillusionment
• political campaign
• political leader
• secret service
• political intrigue 
• post world war ii
• catholicism
• communism
• red scare
• 1940s
• political figure
• 1950s
• political repression
• political scandal
• australian history
• political turmoil
• leftist radicalism
• political history
• australian politics
• australian prime minister