Tag: Australian Defence
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MEDIA RELEASE RE AUKUS: Major Defence Contract Should wait for Public and Parliamentary Approval
MEDIA RELEASE: AUKUS 26 November 2021 MAJOR DEFENCE CONTRACT SHOULD WAIT FOR PUBLIC AND PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL Recent statements by the Defence Minister, Peter Dutton that he is proceeding with his commitment to the AUKUS contract with the United States and United Kingdom to introduce nuclear submarines to the forward planning of the Australian Defence Department…
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“We Want YOU!” to help us in Australia’s demilitarisation
Just over a century ago, the notorious Uncle Sam appeared on posters around the United States, encouraging young men to join the United States’ army in a veiled performance of patriotism. The two World Wars saw Australia follow Great Britain into a cumulative ten years of devastation and heartbreak, which would be glorified as a…
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WILPF urges immediate action by the Australian Government to alleviate the suffering of the Afghani people
Submission to the Senate Foreign affairs Defence and Trade References Committee, October 2021 Introduction to WILPF WILPF is an international feminist organisation established in opposition to World War 1 in the Hague in 1915. We work in 37 countries to bring together women of different political, cultural and religious beliefs and advocate for peace and…
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WILPF’s Margaret Reynolds on International Peace Day and nuclear-powered submarines – ABC Radio interview
WILPF Tasmania President and former Australian senator Margaret Reynolds talks to ABC Northern Tasmania Drive’s Kim Napier on International Peace Day about the Morrison government’s radical decision to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine fleet. KIM NAPIER: Today marks UN International Day of Peace, and Australia’s leading women’s peace organisation is calling on the federal government to…
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Killer subs will nuke a safe future
By WILPF Australia’s Harriet Binet, published in the Mercury Talking Point, Hobart Mercury,18 September 2021 Harriet Binet warns nuclear submarines will be the flagships of a khaki election PRIME Minister Scott Morrison’s plan to buy and manufacture nuclear submarines is a shocking and reckless policy, made even more disturbing when viewed through the lens of…
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WILPF Australia’s submission to the IPAN People’s Inquiry
Read WILPF Australia’s submission to the IPAN People’s Inquiry into the Case for an Independent and Peaceful Australia – the costs and consequences of Australia’s involvement in US-led wars and the US Alliance.
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Breaking Through the Addiction to Weapons – WILPF Webinar
View Breaking Through the Addiction to Weapons: Feminist Critiques of Militarism, webinar, 26 May 2021. WILPF representatives Ludmilla Kwitko and Barb O’Dwyer in Australia join WILPF Sections from Aotearoa, Japan, Germany and Italy to present and compare recent developments in militarisation in their countries, and to consider feminist alternatives to military spending. Taking place in the…
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Militarisation in Australia – the Report
Have you noticed the trend towards increasing militarisation in Australia? WILPF Australia’s reports on this trend from 2010-2020.
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Increased militarisation in Australia accepted as normal
Increased militarisation in Australia accepted as normal, according to WILPF Australia research report released on the trend from 2010-2020. The report is the result of a growing concern about the acceptance of this trend by the Australian public.