At the first stop of the official presidential visit to Australia and New Zealand, at the commemoration of 1956 in Melbourne in his address he emphasized: Despite the fact that the Soviet army crushed the Hungarian revolution in November 1956 the desire of Hungarians for freedom could not be suppressed and resistance remained strong for quite some time.

He listed certain examples such as the revolutionary committees kept on working and the workers' councils announced a silent strike for 23 November and the announcement reached a lot of people and many people overcome their fear and joined.

According to testimonials the Grand Boulevard became deserted by the church bells' noon chime and the whole capital was like one quiet outcry. Apart from that, and hundreds of armed freedom fighters hid amid the Mecsek hills, and their resistance was not crushed until the middle of November – he added. Despite the increasingly cold weather in December and the repeated threats the people took to the streets again and again – the president continued and added: However, the message of the authorities was clear: “From now on we’re shooting.” And they did so in Salgótarján, Miskolc, Eger, Gyoma, Zalaegerszeg, Gyula and Hódmezővásárhely – reminded Áder János.

The president stressed that: Melbourne became an important place for Hungary’s freedom fight because by the time of the Olympics, armed resistance had weakened in Hungary, and on December 6th at the Hungarian-Soviet water polo match, the spectators were cheering the team and waving the hollow Hungarian flag.

Áder János also noted: everyone knew that it would be impossible to avenge attacks of the Soviet troops patrolling the streets of Budapest in the water of the swimming pool in Melbourne, still the Hungarian team fought with the idea in mind that their victory may convey a message to their homeland and the world. “They had to win and they won indeed”, Áder said, and the world understood the message of the Hungarian water polo players: with equal opportunities even those ones can win who would not be allowed to do so according to the interests of the current world power in those troubled times – said the President. János Áder stressed that: the Hungarians who were scattered around the world after 1956 left a state which considered them enemy, but not their homeland. They were welcome and supported in several countries. He stressed that “We are still grateful for the faith these countries had in us and we are proud of the contribution they made” and he added that the dispersion of Hungarians preserved their national identity, raised their children in the same manner, and even their descendants preserved a bond to their parents' and their grandparents' homeland. “We are proud of them for having kept their faith and for cherishing their traditions – declared János Áder.