

There were concerns about how personal rights and freedoms might be lost if Australia became a communist country. Australian citizens began to think about how communism might affect them if it came to Australia. People in Australia were becoming aware of it as well. The 'Domino Theory' was not just important to the Australian government.

The Australian government responded to the theory by joining American military forces in Vietnam.

People believed that Australia's national security could be threatened in that case. One by one the countries in the region would 'fall' to communiAlliessm. The theory suggested that communism was going to spread through South East Asia. That concern was related to the 'Domino Theory'. The Australian government was concerned about the increasing communist influence in Vietnam. There was a belief that people lost their rights and freedoms in communist societies. America and its allies were suspicious of Russia and China and their communist way of life. The Cold War began after the Second World War.
