Labor Luminaries call for Independent Inquiry into AUKUS – Media Alert 17 August 2023

  MEDIA ALERT                         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE                                       17 August 2023 A high-profile group of leading Labor luminaries in addition to a number of prominent peace organisations has called for in independent Continue reading Labor Luminaries call for Independent Inquiry into AUKUS – Media Alert 17 August 2023

Six Former Labor Politicians call for an independent Inquiry into AUKUS via an open letter to ALP National Conference

Six former ALP politicians have written an open letter to all ALP members at the National Conference in Brisbane this week (17th August 2023) They call for an Independent Inquiry into AUKUS. The open letter can be downloaded here (and Continue reading Six Former Labor Politicians call for an independent Inquiry into AUKUS via an open letter to ALP National Conference

Retired NTEU Queensland Secretary says “It seems that Department of Defence and Submarine builders are starting with the young!”

The Australian Defence Department , together with company “Stem Hub” are promoting a competition amongst school children to design a nuclear submarine!  The winning school students will be awarded a trip to the WA Sterling base to walk around a Continue reading Retired NTEU Queensland Secretary says “It seems that Department of Defence and Submarine builders are starting with the young!”

Successful start to Pacific Peace activists visit to Australia – July 31st 2023

Pacific Peace Conference and Speaking Tour – Brisbane Report Liz Ridley The pacific Peace Conference and Speaking Tour is off and running. The Pacific delegates from  Guahan Ryukyu Aotearoa were welcomed at the Qld Nurses and Midwives Union on Friday Continue reading Successful start to Pacific Peace activists visit to Australia – July 31st 2023

Australian Quakers criticise AUKUS decision – July 2023

At the Annual Friends Gathering in July 2023, Australian Quakers have agreed on a statement critical of the militarisation  in Australia and  the AUKUS project. See below and also can be downloaded here. PUBLIC STATEMENT ON AUKUS DEFENCE AND FOREIGN Continue reading Australian Quakers criticise AUKUS decision – July 2023

Podcast – ALP Government policy and fear of US – 13 July 2023

Does fear of the USA explain some ALP Government policy decisions?  Listen to this IPAN podcast originally broadcast on “Alternative News” on radio 3CR discussing this issue. “We examine the Albanese ALP government’s abject subservience to US foreign policy. We Continue reading Podcast – ALP Government policy and fear of US – 13 July 2023

AUKUS is an investment in US shipyards rather than the Australian economy – Clinton Fernandez

Clinton Fernandez has written a detailed article on the problems with AUKUS.  He addresses the argument that AUKUS is a “nation building exercise similar to the Snowy Mountains scheme in the 1950s” – arguing instead, that “AUKUS is  an investment in Continue reading AUKUS is an investment in US shipyards rather than the Australian economy – Clinton Fernandez

Qld ALP Conference passes anti-nuclear motion opposing nuclear submarines in Qld – 11th June 2023

At the Qld State ALP Conference on the weekend of 11th/12th June 2023 in Mackay, delegates voted overwhelmingly (229 to 140) for a motion critical of the dangers of nuclear power and opposing nuclear submarines in Qld waters.  The motion Continue reading Qld ALP Conference passes anti-nuclear motion opposing nuclear submarines in Qld – 11th June 2023

New Guinea students protest US “defence” agreement with their Government – May 25 2023

Post Courier.  25 May 2023 by Merolyn Ten STUDENTS of Mt Hagen Technical College (HATECO) in Western Highlands Province staged a protest march to stop the signing of Defence Cooperation Agreement between PNG and the United States. Giving the same Continue reading New Guinea students protest US “defence” agreement with their Government – May 25 2023