Kangarus Gyrfalcon
Banned
The event I am referring to as the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis was a major moment in Australian political history; it involved the dismissal from office of then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam from office by the Governor-General (representative of the British monarch as of the then-current - and still present as of time of writing - Australian law, the Governor-General is the de-facto head of state like a President in a parliamentary republic i.e. Iceland) at the time, John Kerr. A big event by Australian standards but in no sense anything major from a more global perspective of what happens to nations enduring such.
My question is, if the Communist powers of the Cold War (either the Soviet Union or China) or indeed some likely third-party was somehow able to take advantage of that, what could have been, politically for Australia, the worst-case scenario? (I'm NOT talking about THE worst-case scenario...)
(I know I should be able to think this out myself seeing as I'm Australian, but my knowledge of Australian political history during the Cold War is sketchy at best, mostly from second-hand anecdotes. Blame the shoddy Australian public school system of the early 2000s. Sigh...)
My question is, if the Communist powers of the Cold War (either the Soviet Union or China) or indeed some likely third-party was somehow able to take advantage of that, what could have been, politically for Australia, the worst-case scenario? (I'm NOT talking about THE worst-case scenario...)
(I know I should be able to think this out myself seeing as I'm Australian, but my knowledge of Australian political history during the Cold War is sketchy at best, mostly from second-hand anecdotes. Blame the shoddy Australian public school system of the early 2000s. Sigh...)