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Public Service Act 1999
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Waterfront Reform
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Leaded Petrol
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Mr Latham
asked the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 12 October 1999:
With which countries and for what periods has Australia been in a state of war at any time since the federation of the Australian colonies.
Mr Moore (Defence)
—The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:
"State of War", is defined in the Defence Act 1903 part 1, subsection 4(1) as:
`any invasion or apprehended invasion of, or attack or apprehended attack on, Australia by an enemy or armed force;'
Using this definition, Australia has only ever been in one actual `state of war'. During World War II (WWII), which began 3 September 1939 and ended 8 May 1945, the Australian mainland came under direct attack of Japanese bombers in north-western Australia and Japanese midget submarines in Sydney harbour. This occurred in 1942.
By broadening the scope of the definition to include armed conflicts in which Australia has contributed troops, the following can be provided:
War | Period | Countries Involved |
|---|---|---|
Boer War | 11 October 1899—1 June 1902 | British Empire (including Australia; South Africa; Ceylon; New Zealand; Canada); independent republics of Dutch-Afrikaners (Boers) |
Boxer Rebellion | 6 August 1900—25 April 1901 | China; Britain; Italy; US; France; Germany; Austria; Russia; Japan; Australia |
World War I | 4 August 1914—11 November 1918 | Britain; France; Belgium; US; New Zealand; Germany; Turkey; Australia; Russia; Luxembourg; Italy; Austria-Hungary; Serbia; New Guinea; Bulgaria; Portugal; Rumania; Transylvania |
Egyptian Rebellion | Early 1919 | Australia; New Zealand; Britain |
World War II | 3 September 1939—8 May 1945 | Britain; France; US; New Zealand; Canada; Australia; Austria; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; Ethiopia; Finland; Georgia; Iceland; Indonesia; Korea; Macedonia; Netherlands; Norway; Philippines; Poland; Singapore; Switzerland; Ukraine; Yugoslavia; Germany; Italy; Syria; Lebanon; Japan; Soviet Union |
Korean War | 29 June 1950—27 July 1953 | South Korea; US; Australia; New Zealand; North Korea; China; South Africa; Canada; Belgium; Luxembourg; Columbia; Ethiopia; France; Great Britain; Greece; Netherlands; Philippines; Thailand; Turkey; Denmark; India; Sweden |
Malayan Emergency | 31 May 1950—31 July 1953 | Malaya; Britain; Australia |
Indonesian Confrontation | 10 October 1963—1 October 1966 | Indonesia; Malaysia; Britain; Australia |
Vietnam War | 3 August 1962—1 January 1973 | US; Canada; Australia; South Vietnam; North Vietnam |
Gulf War | 17 January 1991—28 February 1991 | Iraq; UN Coalition: US; Afghanistan; Australia; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Belgium; Britain; Canada; Czechoslovakia; Egypt; France; Germany; Honduras; Italy; Kuwait; New Zealand; Niger; Oman; Poland; Qatar; Romania; Saudi Arabia; South Korea; Syria; United Arab Emirates |