Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25th February, 2022 IPAN joins Nuclearban.US in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and for negotiations leading to a peaceful solution to the present crisis, taking into consideration the wider security needs Continue reading UKRAINE: Start negotiating. Stop the War. – 25 February 2022
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 – 1 Sep. 2021 70 years on the ANZUS Treaty is dangerous, ineffective and needs to be changed IPAN calls for Royal Commission to examine Australia’s alliance with the U.S. The U.S. alliance and the Continue reading Media release: 70 years on the ANZUS Treaty is dangerous, ineffective and needs to be changed, 1 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 – 3 Aug. 2021 Groups from the Pacific region condemn the recent military exercises in Australia as damaging to the environment, health and peace in the region. After two weeks of high intensity combined forces Continue reading People of the Pacific condemn Talisman Sabre Military Exercises – 3rd 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
