Other Acts were passed by the Parliament during the war relating to: During the conscription referendums of 1916 and 1917, a regulation that banned statements likely to prejudice recruiting was used to hamper the anti-conscription campaign.
[14] When coal-miners in New South Wales went on strike in 1916, the Act was used to empower the Attorney-General to order the men back to work.
On a number of occasions, the Aliens Restrictions Orders made under the act were used to deport radical left-wing activists, particularly members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), without trial.
The following year, strike leader Paul Freeman was secretly deported in a case that became a cause celebre for the labour movement.
[15] Following the end of the war, the Act's continued operation led to a series of violent demonstrations known as the Red Flag Riots.