Close Pine Gap protesters challenge Australia’s U.S. alliance
By Binoy Kampmark IT REMAINS a prickly reminder that Australia is still an embarrassed vassal of power, annexed to the security interests of another state basking in imperial and fast-diminishing splendour. Pine Gap, known more technically as the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG), is a largely U.S.-operated effort in Alice Springs, Central Australia. As the late scholar of strategic …
