Sunday 6 November 2022 09:40 PM Tony Abbott calls for mandatory military service for high school graduates trends now
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High school graduates should be forced to spend at least 12 months serving in the military in a bold new suggestion from former prime minister Tony Abbott.
Mr Abbott suggested the relationship Australians had with the government was increasingly becoming unbalanced and urged people to instead see it as a 'two-way street' where governments served the people and the public returned the favour.
He suggested 18-year-olds should give back to the country by taking part in one of several mandatory volunteer options, one of which was military service.
'It's about giving as well as receiving and I think we do have to talk more about what we can give back to our country,' he told the Institute of Public Affairs' Heartland podcast.
'Saying to people who turn 18 or who leave school, "We expect you to spend a significant period of time, six months, 12 months, whatever, doing something for our country, giving
