Commonwealth Security Service
The Commonwealth Security Service (CSS) was an arm of the earlier forms of the Commonwealth Police of Australia. It operated in the 1930s and 1940s, and was amalgamated with the Commonwealth Investigation Branch, to form the Commonwealth Investigation Service (CIS) in 1946. It was involved in monitoring events and organisations considered problematic by the government of the time, including strikes 1948 Queensland railway strike References {{reflist, 30em See also

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Commonwealth Police
The Commonwealth Police (COMPOL) was the Government of Australia, federal law enforcement agency in Australia between 1917 and 1979. A federal police force was first established in 1917, and operated under different names and in some periods as multiple organisations. In late 1979, the Commonwealth Police and ACT Policing, Australian Capital Territory Police were merged to form the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Commonwealth Police Force (1917–1919) Initially, after the six British colonies in Australian federation, Australia federated in 1901, there was no police agency to enforce federal (Commonwealth) laws. Instead, the various States and territories of Australia, state police forces were called upon by the Commonwealth as required. During the latter stages of World War I, there was considerable tension within Australian society, particularly over the issue of introducing military conscription. On 29 November 1917, at a public rally over this issue in the rural Queensl ...
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