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‘A really big deal’: New York City’s fossil fuel divestment could spur global shift Economists say city’s status as financial and cultural giant means move to sever ties with fossil fuel will catalyze others in US and around the world Continue reading New York City to Divest from Fossil Fuels – Guardian 12 Jan 2018→

Largest Dutch pension fund to divest from nuclear weapons 11 Jan 2018 ⋅ by Maaike Beenes ⋅ The largest Dutch pension fund, the civil servants fund ABP, has decided to end its investments in producers of nuclear weapons. ABP has Continue reading Largest Dutch pension fund to divest from nuclear weapons – 11 Jan 2018→

War on the Cheap, by Alison Broinwoski, 6 January 2018 at the Pearls and Irritations blog.

Following is a good history of the Palestine-Israel situation TRUMP AND JERUSALEM: THE TRUTH EXPOSED Posted By: Chief Bandicoot 10/12/2017 ■ The Orbiting Eye provides the facts you need to understand the Jerusalem crisis. Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel Continue reading Trump and Jerusalem: The Truth Exposed, 10 Dec 2017→

Booklet: The nuclear weapons ban treaty November 28, 2017 Nuclear weapons threaten the very survival of humanity and our entire living planet. Their effects transcend national boundaries and span generations. They are immoral, illegitimate and now – at long last Continue reading Booklet: The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty: ICAN, November 28, 2017→

A Sledgehammer for a Walnut: Pearls and Irritations, Ross Gwyther, 7 December 2017

Politicians hold $300m in property, so how should they influence housing policy. The Conversation, 7 August 2014

A Way out of the Wreckage: Dr Richard Hill, New Matilda, 12 December, 2017  

New Super portfolio is a worry, Canberra Times, 29 July 2017

By Alison Broinowski – Wednesday, 26 June 2013 It takes a particular kind of courage for people in public life to admit that they got something wrong, even after their error is publicly obvious. All three leaders who planned and Continue reading The Streaker’s Defence: Alison Broinowski, 23 June 2013→

download original: Nuclear Weapons Brief.pdf WATCHING BRIEF: NUCLEAR WEAPONS Facts and Figures The current state of the nuclear weapons stockpiles is as follows: USA 7,700 warheads Russia 8,500 warheads U.K. 225 warheads France 300 warheads China 250 warheads India 110 warheads Continue reading Nuclear Weapons Watching Brief: ICAN, June 2014→

Welcome to Darwin   by   Justin Tutty Arguments for Downsizing Anzac   by   David Stephens Senator Michael Ronaldson, the Minister for the Centenary of Anzac, says that the forthcoming centenary will be the most important period of commemoration in our history. I beg to Continue reading Speaker Notes from the 2014 IPAN National Conference→

War-Terrorism-War: Can the Victims Tell the Difference? The recent attacks on civilians in Mali, Paris, and Lebanon have been attributed to and/or claimed by ISIL, and although we must all be cautious about the tendency of armed groups to claim Continue reading December 2015 – Statement on recent Mass Killings→

August 2014 Monday August 4th marks one hundred years since the beginning of World War I – The “war to end all wars”. Over that time, the human race has failed to change radically enough to see anything near an Continue reading Statement marking the centenary of World War I→