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
The end of the war in Afghanistan must be a turning point for Australian foreign policy and provide the impetus for a Royal Commission. After a generation-long war that cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Continue reading Sign this Petition – Disaster in Afghanistan Requires a Royal Commission into the Australia US alliance
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
Voice No 58 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
This podcast was played on Melbourne Community radio 3CR in 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
Voice No 57 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
This speech by Ruth Russell of W.I.L.P.F. was planned to be delivered at a July 4th 2021 rally in Adelaide. The rally was called by IPAN SA to highlight the need for Australian independent and peaceful foreign policies on the Continue reading US wars and Australia – poorer, but none the wiser or safer
Voice No 56 July 2021
