Indyvidual- I see no problem with introducing some basic standardized physical exercise and marching and military discipline at high school and primary school and demonstrating respect to the Australian flag, some lectures on Australian military ranks and divisional structure. Training at least at the level of Reserves Basic Training. If this goes well could look at more advanced Basic Training and perhaps infantry tactics. In the French Revolution there was whole of society mobilization with requirements for basic firearms training for over 12's (interesting that the proto-Communist revolutionaries see National Service as important but "modern" woke often promote the opposite). Even in the modern age technology has limitations- there is still a capability need for "boots on the ground". Freedom is not free. The threat of China perhaps show that open university research models weaken national security.

Dear Canem Malum,

We are so afraid and disgusted of China for the very reason that it forcibly conscripts its people, the young for the army, the older for other projects.

Why should anyone try to stop China or have any respect for your flag, if that flag stands for a regime no better, no less oppressive than the Chinese one?

"Freedom is not free" because some evil oppressors grab away the freedom of others, and if you be among those evil thugs, then don't be surprised when the next "French Revolution" will be against your own regime and led by the same military-trained youth you trained and tormented!

CM,

Just add a 303 rifle and you have the 'School Cadets' something I refused to "volunteer" for in my 2nd year of high school, me and one other boy, out of around 60 or more students. The Cadet Master, a cleric, and later a convicted paedophile, then tried to make my life hell. I do believe he was convicted of sexually abusing young boys on school cadet camps. Yep, nothing like the "School Cadets", to make a man of yah! As for the French Revolution, I'm sure if you didn't "volunteered" they guillotined your head. "boots on the ground" CM, your perfect totalitarian state run by a dictator, sounds like North Korea!

Wow, its strange, the kind of people you admire!

Well done, Paul!

«I refused to "volunteer" for in my 2nd year of high school, me and one other boy, out of around 60 or more students.»

That is what true heroes are made of!

Why do the silly always bring up China when reference to an "enemy" is made ? Or, bring up weapons whenever reference to discipline is made ?
Has stupidity really already taken over so much ? The objection to responsibility to living in a symbiotic society must simply drive the fear of God into the insipid parasitic.
The greatest "enemy" to society are the insipid as in our example here. A platoon of Chinese warriors couldn't do as much damage to our society as these woke mutts have caused. It's mass suicide in disguise !

Hi Yuyutsu,

They canned the other poor kid senseless, poor Andrew, a big lad, and the least academic in our year. Finally they were able to expel Andrew, when during one of the regular canning sessions Andrew had, had enough, and with a shout of "that's enough brother" Andrew let fly with a haymaker on that dear "Brother of Love and Kindness", expulsion was the remedy for the Andrew "problem". Paul was a bigger problem for the sadistic Catholic clergy.