Military branches: Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal
Australian Air Force
Military manpower—military age: 17 years of age
Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 4,882,693 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 4,212,272 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 130,570 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $6.9 billion (FY97/98)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.9% (FY97/98)
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