Category Archives: Media Releases

Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  10th February, 2022 US and Australia fail to learn the lessons from Afghanistan war Australia spending billions to stay close to the USA and prepare for war Nuclear powered submarines are another mistaken According to Continue reading Visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shoring up the QUAD alliance does not bode well for peace in our region – Media Release 10 Feb 2022→

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Jan. 20, 2022 Meetings with UK officials seek to lock Australia into AUKUS pact. Lack of public engagement could lead to radical foreign policy shifts and threaten peace in the region. Discussions on British nuclear submarines Continue reading British Foreign and Defence ministers’ visit adds fuel to AUKUS military build-up – IPAN Media Release 20 January, 2022→

Media RELEASE  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 20 Sep. 2021 Australia cannot become a staging point for the U.S. military, we cannot abrogate our sovereignty to the U.S., we cannot encourage nuclear proliferation and risk environmental catastrophe. Australian peace, environmental and Continue reading Australians speak out against nuclear submarines and AUKUS – Media Release 20 Sept 2021→

Monumental foreign policy decisions cannot be made without any public engagement behind closed doors A nuclear-powered submarine fleet will represent a fundamental threat to global peace  AUKUS cements Australia as a subordinate of the U.S.  MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Continue reading AUKUS’s nuclear submarines threaten global peace and Australia’s independence – 17 September 2021→

AUSMIN talks currently underway cannot be used as a platform for further militarisation Australia should act peacefully with its neighbours not promote confrontation  Reliance on the U.S. military undermines Australia’s independence and interests MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 13 Continue reading AUSMIN: annual U.S. conference set to undermine regional peace and Australia’s independence  – 13th September 2021→

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 18 August 2021 Recent events in Afghanistan show the need for a peaceful and independent foreign policy  Continuing the ANZUS alliance with the United States must now be seriously questioned The Australian Government must Continue reading The U.S. and Australian invasion of Afghanistan an unmitigated disaster – 18 August 2021→

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 6 August 2021 This Hiroshima Day, the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) calls on the Australian Government to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and remove foreign Continue reading 76 years since Hiroshima the Australian Government must stop its support for nuclear weapons – 6th August 2021→

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 22 July 2021 Australia should no longer host Talisman Sabre military exercises  Talisman Sabre has a negative impact on the safety of our region, environment and community health during COVID-19 Australia should focus on Continue reading Australia’s hosting of U.S. war games alienates the region and must end – July 22nd, 2021→

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 15 July 2021 Military exercises put the Great Barrier Reef in danger The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network is greatly concerned about the impact of current warfare exercises on environmentally and culturally significant sites, Continue reading Military exercises put the Great Barrier Reef in danger – Media Release 15 July 2021→

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2021 The Australian people do not want to go to war with China Politicians pushing Australia are not doing so in the interests of the Australian people  The recent comments from politicians and Continue reading Hawkish talk of war on China not in Australia’s interests – 29 April, 2021→

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2021 Australia cannot be dragged into another ill-conceived war Australia needs to assert a non-aligned and peaceful foreign policy In recent weeks there have been numerous frightening indications that the Australian Government may Continue reading Australia should not be looking for another war  – 22nd April 2021→

Government must repudiate any intention of joining a U.S. war with China over Taiwan * ADF must be confined to defence of our continent not deployed in overseas wars MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE 15th March, 2021 *Government must Continue reading Warmongering condemned – 15th March, 2021→

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→