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The National Service Act 1964 (Cth) is a repealed amendment of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, passed on 24 November 1964.It amended the National Service Act 1951 to require 20-year-old males to serve in the Army for a period of twenty-four months of continuous service (reduced to eighteen months in 1971) followed by three years in the Reserve.
In 1964, compulsory national service for 20-year-old males was introduced under the National Service Act 1964. The selection of conscripts was made by a sortition or lottery draw based on date of birth, and conscripts were obligated to give two years of continuous full-time service, followed by a further three years on the active reserve list ...
1917 Australian conscription referendum; C. ... Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Act 1943; Draft-card burning; N. National Service Act 1951; National Service Act ...
The federal Australian Labor Party has split three times: In 1916 over the issue of conscription in Australia during the First World War. [14] Labor Prime Minister Billy Hughes supported the introduction of conscription, while the majority of his colleagues in the ALP and trade union movement opposed it.
Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Sydney, 1965. In 1964 Australia enacted a draft for soldiers to send to Vietnam. From 1966 to 1968 a growing force of conscientious objectors grew in Australia and by 1967 became openly popular due to a growing protest movement.
John Zarb was [ambiguous] an Australian conscientious objector to military service (conscription) during the Vietnam War.Objecting to the principle of forced drafting for military purposes under the National Service Act (1964), Zarb refused to nominate for conscription.
The National Service Act may refer to any one of a number of acts enforcing national service or conscription: in the United States Universal National Service Act; National Service Act of 2006; in Australia National Service Act 1951; National Service Act 1964; in the UK National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939; National Service Act 1948
Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 2010 (No. 52) Yes (as amended) Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 1989 (No. 149) Yes (as amended) Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Act 1964 1964 (No. 56) No Australian Institute of Anatomy Agreement Act 1931 1931 (No. 44) No