ACT – Ngambri/Canberra Saturday 6 August Hiroshima Remembrance 11 am, Rotary Peace Bell, Nara Park. Northern Territory – Mparntwe / Alice Springs Saturday 6 August Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance Vigil: Never Again! (Minute’s silence at 8.45 am) 8am – 9am, Uniting Church Lawns Continue reading Hiroshima day events around Australia Saturday 6 August
No Nuclear-Submarines; End U.S. dominance; Healthcare not warfare On line Petition The behind closed-door commitment of Australia to a trilateral security agreement with the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS) and a submarine fleet shows a complete disregard for Continue reading No Nuclear-Submarines; End U.S. dominance; Healthcare not warfare – On line Petition, Please sign
Arena Online Michelle Fahy 4 Feb 2022 The culprit this time is the Australian Defence Force, which undertakes live-fire training exercises and weapons-testing activities at the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA). Within range of falling missiles and mortars there is evidence Continue reading Unexplained Ordnance: Missile in the Western Desert Sparks a Landmark Case, Michelle Fahey, Arena online, 4 February, 2022
Australia Captured: How the military-industrial complex has captured Australia’s top strategic advisory body Michelle Fahy, 9 December 2021 https://declassifiedaus.org/2021/12/09/australia-captured/ “The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) in Canberra is the government’s primary source of outside-government advice, research and analysis on military Continue reading Australia Captured: How the military-industrial complex has captured Australia’s top strategic advisory body, Michelle Fahy, 9 December 2021
The ‘independent’ think tank that writes its own history! Marcus Rubinstein, Pearls and Irritations, 28 October 2021 The ‘independent’ think tank that writes its own history!
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 1 Sep. 2021 70 years on the ANZUS Treaty is dangerous, ineffective and needs to be changed IPAN calls for Royal Commission to examine Australia’s alliance with the U.S. The U.S. alliance and the Continue reading Media release: 70 years on the ANZUS Treaty is dangerous, ineffective and needs to be changed, 1 September, 2021
Militarism has become the norm. We now even have an Army Lieutenant General heading the vaccine roll out
Alliance Against Political Prosecutions (AAPP) Media Release 4 March 2021 We must have a new Attorney-General who commands respect “The questions raised about Attorney-General Christian Porter must be investigated thoroughly through an independent inquiry, and we are pleased to hear Continue reading AAPP Media Release – We must have a new Attorney-General who commands respect, 4 March 2021
The War Memorial risks falling victim to scope creep. Picture: Karleen Minney The focus of the Australian War Memorial is being transformed from commemoration of our war dead to the promotion of militarism, against the wishes of the Australian people, Continue reading Let’s not allow the Australian War Memorial to become something much uglier, Dr Sue Wareham, 27 Feb 2021, Canberra Times
Forked tongues: US duplicity on China revealed Forked tongues: US duplicity on China revealed By Mark J. Valencia | On 31 January 2021 For years, American officials have claimed the US wants China “to succeed and prosper”. A declassified document Continue reading Forked tongues: US Duplicity on China revealed, Mark J. Valencia, Pearls and Irritations, 31 Jan 2021
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7102070/safes-among-special-secrecy-measures-in-collaery-case/?cs=14225 Bernard Collaery case: Safes for judges among special secrecy measures Blake Foden Bernard Collaery at his home in Narrabundah last year. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos Safes will be installed in some ACT judges’ chambers to protect “highly classified information” the Continue reading Bernard Collaery case: Safes for judges among special secrecy measures, Blake Foden, Canberra Times, 27 Jan 2021
It Is Not Rocket Science: Australia Needs to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons. By Sam Brennan US nuclear weapons test at Bikini in 1946 by International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons On January 22 the possession and facilitation of nuclear weapons will Continue reading It is not rocket science: Australia needs to prohibit nuclear weapons, Sam Brennan, 22 January 2021, Right Now.
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) IPAN Media release re Military Quarantining in Darwin 15.1.21 MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE 15th January,2021 Federal and NT Governments compromise NT health with military training exercises Vulnerable populations in Darwin exposed to Continue reading Media Release – Federal and NT Governments compromise NT health with military training exercises, 15 Jan 2021
Australia goes to war far too easily, Dr Sue Wareham, Canberra Times, 15 November 2020 It’s clear the culture in our special forces must change. But change can only come from politicians at the top. THE soon-to-be-released Brereton Report will Continue reading Let’s face it, Australia goes to war far too easily, Dr Sue Wareham, Canberra Times, 15 November 2020
Is it time for Federal Integrity Body or should we just turn off the life support machine for integrity in the federal public sector?
