IPAN – Plan B for defence – neutrality Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 JULY 2018 IPAN calls for a better Plan B for Australia’s defence IPAN calls for a public discussion on Continue reading IPAN calls for better Plan B for Australia’s defence, 26 July, 2018
Time to be neutral Nicholas Stuart’s article ‘Why are we now talking our way to war?’ (CT 4 July, p. 17) is a question we need real answers to. The military contest and trade war between the US and China Continue reading Time to be neutral, Canberra Times, 23 July 2018
KATHRYN KELLY. Armed Neutrality for Australia? Pearls and Irritations , 16 July 2018 The talks between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un give some reason for a glimmer of hope for the Korean Peninsula, but given Donald Trump’s predilection for middle Continue reading Armed Neutrality for Australia? Kathryn Kelly, Pearls and Irritations, 16 July 2018
LIZZIE O’SHEA. Witness K and foreign interference hypocrisy (Eureka Street 2/7/2018)
Mondoweiss The ‘One Democratic State Campaign’ program for a multicultural democratic state in Palestine/Israel Jeff Halper May 3, 2018 As the Leonard Cohen song goes, “everybody knows” the two-state solution is dead and gone. Zionism’s 120-year quest to Judaize Palestine Continue reading Palestine-Israel: The One Democratic State Campaign, Jeff Halper, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
THE GOVERNMENT’S FOREIGN POLICY IS FAILING AUSTRALIANS IPAN RESPONSE TO THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FOREIGN POLICY WHITE PAPER, May 2018. (See also IPAN’s submission to the White Paper) INTRODUCTION The Foreign Policy White Paper (WP) is a document which comprehensively covers Continue reading IPAN response to the Australian Government Foreign Policy White Paper
IPAN Media Release Iran attack Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) MEDIA RELEASE 27 JULY 2018 Should Australia assist in US Attacks on Iran? “Whilst hoping that it may be inaccurate, IPAN is disturbed at the news that the USA Continue reading Should Australia assist US attacks on Iran? IPAN media release, 27 July 2018
The Australian government is backing moves to name and shame those who violate the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons (“Chemical culprits on UK hit-list”, CT 28 June). This is of course the right thing to do, as long Continue reading Empty rhetoric on nuclear weapons, Canberra Times, 1 July 2018
An IPAN South-West Victoria Regional Group was recently established in May in Warrnambool and Portland – two major regional centres in south-west Victoria. Local residents, Gillian Blair and Julie Hart, invited Shirley Winton, Victorian coordinator of the Independent and Peaceful Continue reading IPAN South-West Victoria Regional Group established in Warrnambool and Portland – May 2018
Australian War Memorial: Stop accepting funding from weapon-makers Australian War Memorial Director and Council The Australian War Memorial increasingly seeks and accepts sponsorships from the world’s largest multinational weapon manufacturers. These companies reap enormous profits from war; for them, ongoing Continue reading Petition – End sponsorship by arms manufacturers at the Australian War Memorial
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PETITION – Sign to ask the ALP to commit to joining the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. The ALP has supported the development of the UN treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. We now need to strongly encourage them Continue reading Petition – Please sign to ask the ALP to commit to joining the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
Just when one wonders how much more Australia can do to hinder peace in the Middle East, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop provides the answer. Australia’s position as one of only two countries – Israel’s other protector and us – Continue reading ‘Rule of law’ and Palestine, Canberra Times, 22 May 2018
