11 November: Armistice Day – Or, Making the World Safe for Big Oil The guns fell silent on the Western Front at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month while they continued to blaze on the Continue reading 11 November Armistice Day, Humphrey McQueen, 4 November 2018
MACK WILLIAMS. New Cold War: Just how independent can Australia be ?
Voice Oct 2018
p jones letter re Invictus games
These recent articles by investigative journalist Michael West show the recent increases in arms spending, which now overshadows all other Government purchases, and is increasingly spent with no tender processes. Defence spending keeps spiralling as embarrassed government blocks data Government Continue reading Defence spending keeps spiralling as embarrassed government blocks data, Michael West, 24 October 2018
Boycotting Eurovision: Why Aren’t Progressives Doing More For Palestine?
Coalition hiding criticism to help arms manufacturer a dangerous precedent – auditor Inquiry told government protected manufacturer’s commercial interests by omitting details on $1.3bn contract The Coalition’s decision to protect a global arms manufacturer’s commercial interests by suppressing criticism of Continue reading Coalition hiding criticism to help arms manufacturer, Guardian 18 October 2018
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network MEDIA RELEASE For release: 16th October, 2018 No Social Licence through the INVICTUS Games · Invictus Games begin 20 October for military personnel with disabilities caused by their service · Weapons dealers Continue reading No Social Licence through the INVICTUS Games, Media Release, 16 October 2018
CAVAN HOGUE. Do we really need an American Ambassador? Or will Rupert Murdoch do?
NICK DEANE Invictus and the arms manufacturers connection. Published 14 September 2018
On this day at the UN, 7 more nations signed the Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and 4 nations ratified the Treaty! See here:
UK Labour Party votes to freeze arms sales to Israel, 25 September 2018
DAVID STEPHENS. The Australian War Memorial admits receiving $1,271,473 over three years in donations from military and defence firms.
Eight former defence figures, most high-ranking, are now lobbyists for military contractors. Senior defence officials and military figures are taking paid jobs with firms lobbying for arms manufacturers, sometimes within weeks of leaving their government posts. Guardian Australia has identified Continue reading ‘Defence officials turn lobbyists, sometimes weeks after leaving government’, Christopher Knaus, Guardian Australia, 18 September 2018
MELISSA PARKE. Conflict in Yemen And we provide arms to Yemen….
