Australia & World War II
Censorship
Censorship is when parts of books, news, films, radio programs or internet articles are suppressed because they are deemed inappropriate on moral, political or military grounds. The Federal Government introduced censorship as they believed this would prevent misleading and untruthful stories from circulating, as this would weaken Australia's morale. Many believed that by censoring the press and media, Australia would be equal with the countries it was fighting against. Australia introduced censorship of news on radio and newspapers within days of the declaration of war because Australia became fearful that other countries would invade its shores. The government could censor overseas communications made with telegraph, telephone and post.
Australia wanted to keep military confidence and tactics confidential and away from the enemy. This was necessary for preserving national security.
For the next 6 years, Australians were only told what......
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