Robert Menzies committed Australia to war in Late 1939. ... Australia struggled to make the necessary 20,000 troops. ... The Menzies government were the first to introduce rationing which was used because of the shortages and lack of many needed raw materials. In 1939 the Menzies government also passed the National Security Act. ... In 1941 John Curtin became Prime Minister following the termination of the Menzies Government. ...

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(ASC) The ASC was set up to manage and fund sport in Australia on behalf of the federal government with the intention of developing and supporting the best sports people and increasing Australian community and participation. ... (WAIS) The AIS uses money from fundraising, sponsors and the government to produce the elite sports men and women from around Australia. ... The government of Western Australia enhance the quality of life of WA through participation and achievement in sport. ... CAS represents sporting organisations and represents their views to the government. ... Future tre...

• Word Count: 1917
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• Grade Level: High School

After the war, the Vietminh controlled north Vietnam while an unpopular government setup by the French with it's capital in Saigon controlled the South. ... The Australian Government setup a propaganda campaign that the Vietnam war was a simple struggle between freedom and communism, and that free nations had to stop communism from spreading around the world. But this was not the first time the Australian Army had been involved in Vietnam. In 1962 a team of 30 Australian military instructors was sent to Saigon. ... It was on the 27th of December 1972, the newly elected Labor governme...

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In what way did life on the home front change in response to Australian involvement in World War 2? ... On 19th February 1942, soon after the attack on Pearl Harbour, Australia became directly involved in the war. ... The Australian government feared the worst and took precautions such as; blackouts at night so enemies could not find us, issuing personal identity cards in case you were killed, prosecution and imprisonment of protestors and the restriction of week day sporting events. Australians were shocked, bewildered and confused, as they never thought that they would be under di...

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It is our own successive governments inflicting these policies on us and they, not the individual migrant, should bear the blame. ... Yet the government plans to double the size of our major cities over the next 30 years by immigration. ... DEFENCE The 1987 government policy paper on the defence of Australia stated, "no population increase is necessary for defence". ... The government admits it does not have the resources to immunise those as risk of Hepatitis B or to provide the necessary TB screening procedures. ... The preferential admission of children of migrants to unive...

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• Grade Level: High School