... contacts, there is a huge volume of informal contacts in policy areas that stretches beyond government to non-governmental organisations, business, academia and cultural contacts. All are relevant to the way in which both countries pursue their foreign policy interests together. The Closer Economic Relations (CER) agreement, which took effect on January 1, 1983, enabled the relationship to become closer, ... creating a free trade area between the two countries and facilitating the development of dramatically increased two-way trade and investment. Economically, our two countries are now...

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... that moment Australia participated in the large number of conflicts across the world. Australian soldiers took part in WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, etc. The gained experience out of these conflicts led to the reform of military forces in Australia which allowed the creation of ADF (Australian Defence Force), the change of military doctrine and the new approach of the continental defence strategy to be adopted.1This approach ... as both advantage and disadvantage. Its remoteness helps to defend the land against the potential enemy and the absence of directly neighboring countries can b...

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... peoples from the British Isles were accepted as worthy migrants. During World War 11, Australia became very vulnerable with the threat of being attacked by Japan. We must "Populate or Perish" was the thought of the era, as the threat of invasion from the more populated areas of Asia seemed real to Australians of the time. To increase its population Australia increased its industrial development to ... Overboard" incident the government knew that refugees were not throwing their children overboard but they tried to keep the lie going to ensure that their unfair, unpopular policy would no...

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