In October last year, when a similar question was put to the to the Australian people, only 61,000 ballots separated the two sides. This conscription campaign, like that of last year, was a bitter ...

A protracted shortfall could mean Australia is required to enforce conscription in the case of an invasion or significant overseas conflict, Lt Gen Leahy said. '(Conscription) is there if there is ...

Marking the return of Radio 4’s wartime drama Home Front, we get an opportunity to explore the facts and myths of WW1 conscription. In response to growing casualties from the front line ...

An estimated 12 million civilians died, while more than 9 million soldiers were killed in WW1 across the world Despite the resistance against conscription, 1.1 million people were enlisted in the ...