Is it time for Federal Integrity Body or should we just turn off the life support machine for integrity in the federal public sector?
In for a penny, in for a pound: $90 billion for an obsolete submarine fleet
Radio 3CR (Victoria) – This show features is a discussion about the serious threats to civil liberties of all Australians contained in the Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020 Independent and Peacful Australia Network: https://ipan.org.au/
Add your name to the petition now. Tell them you want robust debate and a democratic vote in place before an Australian Prime Minister can send Australia to war. War puts the lives of our armed forces at risk, the Continue reading Act now!…Help reform Australia’s dangerous war powers
Bernard Collaery and Witness K – Support STATEMENT August 2020 Invitation to add your name as a supporter of the statement Increasing numbers of ordinary Australians believe that the prosecutions of Witness K and Bernard Collaery are travesties of justice Continue reading Will you support the statement seeking to drop the prosecutions of Bernard Collaery and Witness K?
Pacific Peace Network Media Release Continue reading Pacific Peace Network calls for RIMPAC exercises to be cancelled – Media Release 16 August 2020
Bernard Collaery trial is a highly unusual criminal prosecution After nine months of hearings, seven judgments, and government spending of $2 million, we still know too little about the prosecutions of Bernard Collaery and Witness K. Ian Cunliffe AFR Aug Continue reading Bernard Collaery trial is a highly unusual criminal prosecution, Ian Cunliffe, AFR, 14 Aug 2020
John Pilger ANOTHER HIROSHIMA IS COMING… UNLESS WE STOP IT NOW 3 August 2020 In a major essay to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, John Pilger describes reporting from five ‘ground zeros’ for nuclear weapons Continue reading ANOTHER HIROSHIMA IS COMING… UNLESS WE STOP IT NOW – John Pilger, 3rd August, 2020
A national campaign called “Living Incomes for Everyone” (LIFE) was launched on Tuesday 21 July This National Campaign is building a groundswell movement of all organisations, groups and individuals who are working for economic and social justice for the unemployed, Continue reading “LIFE” – Living Incomes for Everyone campaign
The militarised centre of Australia
Hosted every two years by the US Pacific Fleet, the last Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) in 2018 brought 47 surface ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 military personnel to Hawaii’s lands and waters. This military Continue reading Pacific wide discussion on the RIMPAC exercises – see it here
Paul Daley: Militarisation of Australian History Speech published with kind permission of Medical Association for Prevention of war.. For a link to the speech on the MAPW Website, see here. Guardian columnist, journalist, novelist and playwright Paul Daley was MAPW’s Continue reading MILITARISM: AUSTRALIA’S FOUNDATIONAL MYTH by Paul Daley
SUE WAREHAM. Healthcare Not Warfare Posted on 6 April 2020 Australia should support the UN Secretary General’s call for a global ceasefire. There are steps that our nation could take in the very short term and beyond to prioritise healthcare Continue reading Dr Sue Wareham, Healthcare not warfare, Pearls and Irritations, 6 April 2020
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https://mondoweiss.net/2020/03/an-unlikely-nemesis/ An unlikely nemesis Maybe it figures that the people who successfully sold otherwise-intelligent Americans on the notion that their army (the Israeli Defense Force) was “the most moral army in history” could in the end be brought down by Continue reading Netanyahu and others being sued for war crimes in the US, 20 March 2020
