“No matter which country is the occupier or the occupied, the host country loses their sovereignty when we open our land to foreign military, and often the main sufferers of the military presence are the indigenous people. When we let foreign military onto our lands, we lose our sovereignty. Through the examples of Okinawa’s current American military bases and Australia’s past British nuclear testing in Maralinga, Emu Field, and Montebello Islands, it is apparent that the occupied country is not made aware of what is occurring on their land. We must not let our lands and our people be used by foreign military – get US bases off our shores’
Fiona McCandless talk 4 July Public Forum
Fiona McCandless power point 4 July presentation
Vince Scappatura, academic and author spoke on the influence of the pro-U.S. lobby on Australian military, intelligence and foreign policies and the impact of U.S.-China contention on Australia.
“This is the “alliance orthodoxy” that dominates the thinking of Australia’s national security elite, enthusiastically promoted and protected by a whole host of individuals and institutions that make up the US lobby in Australia.”
Dr Vince Scappatura_IPAN VIC 4 July 2019
Vince recently published his book “The U.S. Lobby and Australian Defence Policy.” http://www.publishing.monash.