This year’s conference, titled ‘Australia at the crossroads: Time for an independent foreign policy‘ was held in Darwin as it is the centre for the most recent establishment of a foreign military presence in Australia. Public Meeting – Friday evening Continue reading IPAN National Conference 2019 Darwin
UN International Day of Peace Conference – The Right to Peace & the Legacy of Peace Builders Limited Seats! RSVP: www.wfwpaustralia.org/events Contact: 5968 2664 Saturday 22nd September 9:30am – 5:00pm Entry $30 Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea included
IPAN South-West Regional Victoria peace celebrations on the International Day of Peace 21-22 September. 12 noon, 21st September – Portland. Members of local IPAN South-West Regional Victoria group are meeting at noon in Market Square Gardens in Portland, near the Continue reading IPAN S-W Vic International Day of Peace celebrations, 21-22 September, Portland and Port Fairy
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network MEDIA RELEASE 20 February 2019 The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network(IPAN) representing a cross section of community organisations across Australia opposes the government decision to fund and promote the export of weapons. There is nothing Continue reading IPAN opposes funding and export of weapons – Feb 20th 2019
The World War 1 Stories App has a number of audio stories – with the voices of people who served in World War 1, or family members of people who served – talking about WWI and its effects; showing the Continue reading New App exposes the real impacts of WWI on Australian people
Voice No 25 Feb 2019
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) www.ipan.org.au MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7 February 2019 Australia must condemn United States sanctions and threats of military intervention in Venezuela · Venezuelans have the right to decide who governs Continue reading Hands off Venezuela – 7th February, 2019
The International Peace Bureau has issued an urgent statement on the threatened withdrawal of the US from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Missile Treaty, signed in 1987 IPB Statement INF Treaty at threat: Prevent a 21st century nuclear arms race On Continue reading Abandonment of Intermediate Range Nuclear Missile Treaty is a threat to us all
WAIHOPAI SPYBASE PROTEST SATURDAY JANUARY 26th ·WAIHOPAI WORKS FOR DONALD TRUMP People from all around New Zealand will be converging on the super-secret Waihopai satellite interception spybase, in Marlborough, on Saturday January 26th. We will be at the Waihopai Continue reading WAIHOPAI NZ SPYBASE PROTEST
Posted on 15 January 2019 We are a nation in denial that we are ‘joined at the hip’ to a dangerous ally that is becoming even more dangerous with the increasing privatisation of the US ‘war complex’ The complex is less Continue reading JOHN MENADUE. Joined at the hip to a very dangerous ally that is almost always at war. An update
ROBERT D KAPLAN. The case for leaving Afghanistan (The New York Times International Edition). Posted on 9 January 2019 on Pearls and Irritations blog America is spending beyond its means on a mission that might only be helping its strategic Continue reading The case for leaving Afghanistan, Robert Kaplan, NY Times International, 9 Jan 2019
Voice Number 24, January 2019
Posted on 27 December 2018 The Mission of the Australian Defence Force is to defend Australia and its national interests. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2018 Report assesses that climate change presents a global ‘risk to heath, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security and Continue reading CHRIS MILLS. Australian Defence Organisation Combats Climate Change Effects in Australia.
There are said to be no votes in defence or foreign affairs in Australia. Years of bipartisanship on both, and an Alliance that is unquestionable, have disempowered debate. The time for change may be in 2019. The ALP national conference Continue reading Most favoured notions just take time, Alison Broinowski, 21 December 2018
Stand with Okinawa against the Henoko US military base. There are protests happening in the US – We can support the Okinawan community by lodging our protest by phone. Ph. Japanese Embassy: 02) 6273 3244 (Monday to Friday 9:00 am Continue reading Please call the Japanese ambassador to protest the building of the Henoko US military base.
