Something to think about and to ask our government, "what happened, this system was not what they fought and gave their lives for?"

The Commonwealth of Australia's armed forces during World War I displayed
a fighting ability, courage, and endurance which made them a legend wherever
they fought. All of them were volunteers. Sixty-one thousand, seven hundred
and twenty of them died and ennoble the soils of France and Gallipoli. Over
155,000 of them were wounded. All carried the scars of war for life as a badge
of honour. "By this recognition Australia became a nation, and entered into a
family of nations on a footing of equality. We had earned that, or, rather, our
soldiers had earned it for us. In the achievement of victory they had played
their part and no nation has a better right to be represented than Australia.

Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, William Morris
Hughes, House of Representatives, Wednesday, 10th September 1919.