"Australia's Defence Policy Explained"

[kankan326]

Apparently you are selling short your own military capabilities. The Australian mainland was attacked by the Japanese air force during WW2. Both the German and Japanese navy attacked offshore.

Japan could attacked Australia because it occupied Indonesia first. No more pretext. Australia anti China sentiment was for race reason.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Japan could attacked Australia because it occupied Indonesia first. No more pretext. Australia anti China sentiment was for race reason.

The Port Darwin attack was about 60 days after Pearl Harbor. Indonesia was not much of a buffer at all. Australia got hit by both land bombers and aircraft carrier planes.