NO WAR ON IRAN-BRING OUR TROOPS HOME Australia joined with the US and UK in a coalition to wage war on Iraq 17 years ago. Today we are on the cusp of repeating that huge historical mistake by Scott Morrison’s Continue reading No War on Iran Rallies around Australia on 25th January
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
See https://ipan.org.au/event/protest-burning-of-government-arms-sales-catalog/
THE GOVERNMENT’S FOREIGN POLICY IS FAILING AUSTRALIANS IPAN RESPONSE TO THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FOREIGN POLICY WHITE PAPER, May 2018. (See also IPAN’s submission to the White Paper) INTRODUCTION The Foreign Policy White Paper (WP) is a document which comprehensively covers Continue reading IPAN response to the Australian Government Foreign Policy White Paper
Australian War Memorial: Stop accepting funding from weapon-makers Australian War Memorial Director and Council The Australian War Memorial increasingly seeks and accepts sponsorships from the world’s largest multinational weapon manufacturers. These companies reap enormous profits from war; for them, ongoing Continue reading Petition – End sponsorship by arms manufacturers at the Australian War Memorial
PETITION – Sign to ask the ALP to commit to joining the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. The ALP has supported the development of the UN treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. We now need to strongly encourage them Continue reading Petition – Please sign to ask the ALP to commit to joining the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
There has been an outcry over the Government’s proposal to become a major arms exporter and a disturbing further development is a proposal through a Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade inquiry regarding a formal bipartisan defence Continue reading Bipartisanship on defence – inquiry – a major step backwards. Please make a submission.
Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases A new international coalition against US and any foreign military bases has recently been formed with a conference in January 2018 in Baltimore, USA. This is an exciting development and we aim to be Continue reading International Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases
Australia should be a nation that leads the world in promoting peace not war Government expenditure on health, education or transport will provide more jobs growth than an equivalent expenditure on the Defence industry The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network Continue reading Don’t buy into war: Turnbull Government rushing in the wrong direction with arms industry – Media release 29 January 2018
https://croakey.org/amid-fears-of-an-escalating-nuclear-threat-the-media-is-failing-in-its-duty-to-the-public/
We, representatives of the 40 groups that make up the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN), together in Brisbane for our second annual meeting, make the following declaration:- We reaffirm our belief that Australia urgently needs an independent foreign policy. Continue reading The Brisbane Declaration
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned with the growing threat of another major world war.,, Continue reading Keep Australia out of U.S. wars
The following individuals have endorsed IPAN’s statement to keep out of USA wars. Continue reading Thousands of Australians have signed our statement to keep out of USA wars
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) Statement on South‐China Sea Disputed Territories IPAN National Co-ordinating Committee members are concerned by the escalating hostilities in the South-China Sea… Continue reading South China Sea
