Australians, including many thousands of Diggers fighting in Europe, voted against conscription during the Great War. It was a blow to then-prime minister Billy Hughes.

Prime Minister King promised a trade treaty with the U.S., passing the 1935 Reciprocal Trade Agreement. In 1936, his ...

during World War I. In 1916 and 1917, Australia’s servicemen and women were asked to vote on military conscription: could the Australian government force men to enlist and serve in war overseas?

I turned 21 and became eligible to cast a ballot at the next federal election. I had lived all my life in an Australia ...

UTJ official says party 'will not bring down the government' but will vote independently unless progress is made on exempting ...

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the “Six Triple Eight,” will be ...

The National Service (Armed Forces) Act made all able men between the ages of 18 and 41 liable for conscription; as part of the legislation it was decided that single men would be called to war ...

The Anzac biscuit is a cultural icon, invented after the first world war. But women still provided necessities and small ...

The First World War is especially remembered for the fighting that took place on the Western Front. It's along these ...

Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as ...

Jerry World will host five group stage matches, two round of 32 matches, one round of 16 match and a semi-final match. The Dallas Sports Commission had previously estimated that four World Cup ...