... to 1973, and at the time, it was the longest that Australia had participated in all-out war. Just over 60,000 Australia soldiers fought in the war with 521 Australian's killed and approximately 3,000 wounded. The Vietnam War was fought not only in Vietnam but also in surrounding countries such as Cambodia and Laos. There are many contributing factors for ... , not individuals. This is used to try to promote the fairest society for everyone as a community. While democracy is used in Australia and means the population is used to elect a government and representatives. Communist forces in T...

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... replaced by the reformist labor government. It wasn't the change from liberal to Labor governments that was so significant, but the result of this change that demanded the publics attention. The Labor government immediately started an anti-war movement and soon enough had the Australian troops removed from Vietnam. This was a win as far as human rights groups were concerned, as the previous ... government had in-lawed compulsory conscription. But with compulsory conscription out-lawed and war becoming less glamorized ... the reality of the times, Dransfield lived the obtrusive 60's mor...

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... that caused most dissention amongst the general public in both countries. The slogan "All the way with LBJ" (Lynden B Johnson) rang hollow with the Australian public because they felt they had no connection with the civil war raging in Vietnam and the fact that conscription was implemented only added fuel to the fire ... mass destruction. Various time limits have been suspended to enable Saddaam Hussein to comply with this request but there is strong evidence to suggest that his government is not cooperating fully with the United Nations. The US has amassed a large number of troops in th...

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... seen through the media people back home in Australia were soon realising that this had to stop and stop now! It seemed the more the media showed the more the Australian public wanted the war to stop and their soldier's home. In 1970: Anti-Vietnam Moratorium Campaign Begun In May the first of three moratoriums was held to protest against Australia ... consisted of uni students and hippies, but they were very wrong. There were protestors young and old, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and children (people who would normally never challenge the government) all came to these moratorium...

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... agreed that if a member country was attacked it was an act on all the members. The other members would come to their aid, but only if it complied with their government. In conclusion, NZ's main ally was the US and we no longer relied on Britain for defence in the Pacific. In 1954, the South East Asia Treaty Organisation was set ... to the AMDA (Anglo-Malayan Defence Arrangement) when Malaya became Malaysia. Under the ANZAM and AMDA agreements, New Zealand stationed a battalion in Malaya in the 1950's and along with the Australian and British armies, defeated the Malayan communist uprisi...

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