Military manpower-military age: 17 years of age
Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 4,873,392 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 4,206,104 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 128,524 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $8.2 billion (FY97/98)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 1.9% (FY97/98)
@Australia:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: territorial claim in Antarctica (Australian
Antarctic Territory)
Illicit drugs: Tasmania is one of the world's major suppliers of licit opiate products; government maintains strict controls over areas of opium poppy cultivation and output of poppy straw concentrate
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