Category Archives: Working groups

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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→

National Students Union Calls for Uni Boycott Of $368 Billion AUKUS Subs Program – 12th May, 2023

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The National Union of Students – the nation’s peak union for university students – has called on the nation’s tertiary education sector to boycott the provision of training or technology for the AUKUS submarine program. This article is reprinted from Continue reading National Students Union Calls for Uni Boycott Of $368 Billion AUKUS Subs Program – 12th May, 2023→

Say No to the USA – Do Away with the FPA – National IPAN Zoom Forum 0n 21st May 2023

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National IPAN FORUM Sunday, 21st May at 4pm, AEST Say No to the USA – Do Away with the FPA! Join us to explore the implications of the US-Australia Force Posture Agreement (FPA) and Initiatives (USFPI’s) and to contribute to Continue reading Say No to the USA – Do Away with the FPA – National IPAN Zoom Forum 0n 21st May 2023→

Singapore Academic Kishore Mahbubani critiques AUKUS – April 12 2023

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Read article here The View from Singapore It is understandable that Australian leaders may feel insecure, even paranoid, about Australia’s future in the Asian twenty-first century. As Western power recedes from the world ­– especially from East Asia – Australia Continue reading Singapore Academic Kishore Mahbubani critiques AUKUS – April 12 2023→