AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT
975,000 ENLISTED MEN IN FORCES Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) CANBERRA, January 27. Adequate defence of Australia after the war would mean that tens of millions of pounds would have to be spent annually on defence, said the Minister for the Army, Mr F. M. Forde. A larger population would be needed to bear this cost. Australia should aim at a population of 20,000,000 w.ithin 20 years. Mr Forde was speaking at an Australia Day celebration. In the first five years of the war, added the Minister, Australia's birth rate had risen by more than 25 per cent. Up to December, 1944, 975,000 men had enlisted in the Australian fighting forces. This meant that two men in every three between 18 and 40 years _of age had served or were serving in the Australian fighting forces. Fully 30 per cent, of Australia's income, totalling £1,651,000,000 in five years, had been spent on the war. Twelve public loans had raised £772.000.000 for war purposes.
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Evening Star, Issue 25394, 27 January 1945, Page 8
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