if all the men left the labour force would greatly decrease and
the country would almost be defenceless
I only know the group which was against conscription and that was theAnglicanchurch and it showed a large percent of them votes no for conscription.
who opposed (argued against) conscription in Australia during world war 1 and why? who opposed (argued against) conscription in Australia during world war 1 and why?
Conscription deeply divided Australia in the early 1900's. Many families (and citizens for that matter) did not agree with boyhood conscription, so an opposition was formed. Conscription is no longer practiced in Australia.
Save Our Sons, and The Youth Campaign against Conscription.
In 1911
Conscription was introduced in Australia by the Holt Government due to the National Service Act passed in 1964. This continued until 1971 when Australia pulled out of the Vietnam War.
conscription started in Australia when mr king jong il created a porno. and Australian troops wer angry and started bating over it. in 1965
EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS -MOST CONFLICTS FOUGHT BY LOWER AND MIDDLE CLASS MALES.
this was in may 1970 people gathereed in capital cities like sydney it was to go against conscription in Vietnam war
Australia has never had a problem getting the soldiers it needed for a war. conscription however can be handy if you are looking for canon foder that hasn't had much money spent on it in training.
Australians did not support conscription in WW1 all the troops Australia sent were volunteers.
Australia had conscription in place and active , before the Vietnam war in 1972 ,( or somewhere close to that) in the elections, the labor party defeated the democratic party. this was due to the labor party promising to abolish conscription and allow conscripted soldiers out of the army when labor won this did happen and there has not been conscription since