The National Council's roles, aided by the State Committees, are to:

• Enhance community knowledge and understanding of Australian and Allied actions in the war against Japan from 1941 to 1945; and
• Encourage the conduct of annual commemorative activities related to the 'Battle for Australia', to be programmed annually for the first Wednesday in September

The Aim

• According national honour and commemoration to all those who took part in the many operations at sea, on land and in the air that collectively comprised the 'Battle for Australia';
• Educating Australian children to appreciate, honour and learn from the heroism, sacrifice and service of all those who fought between 1941 and 1945 to defend Australia, its territories and national interests from attack and ultimately to expel the Japanese from Australian territory and waters;
• Recognising that, on the Home front, the Federal Government took measures to prepare the civil population for assaults on the mainland;
• Building upon the goodwill that exists between the people of Australia and the peoples of Papua New Guinea and our Allies of that period, notably the United States, United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and our traditional partner New Zealand.