Menzies' Legacy?

Having lived through the Menzies era, I can confidently opine that R,G. did not have people like Tony Abbott in mind when he became founder of the Australian Liberal Party. It was meant to be a centrist party based on liberal policies (note the 'small L') and in no way fostering the extreme right- wing aims of the British Conservative party. Indeed, one of the wartime leaders he is reported to have most disliked was Winston Churchill and that may well have partially driven his intentions to mould the Liberal party as a 'middle of the road' entity in the spectrum of Australian politics.