By Bevan Ramsden Current Australian defence policy involves close integration with the United States military in all areas, making an independent foreign policy impossible and ensuring Australia’s automatic involvement in US-instigated wars such as a war with China, our major trading partner. A policy of neutrality would free Australia from involvement in such disastrous military adventures and enable the pursuit …
By Brian Boyd, July 2023 This is the second of a three part-series that examines the strategic reasons for the AUKUS pact and the dangers for Australia. SILENCE With the growing global tensions, the Australian government is, so far, remaining silent on what is the actual existential military threat facing our nation. For some years a bevy of pro-US …
By Brian Boyd, July 2023 This is the first of a three part-series that examines the strategic reasons for the AUKUS pact and the dangers for Australia. INTRODUCTIONThe first half of 2023 saw the political position of Australia changing dramatically, specifically in relation to the often stated “dangerous deterioration in relations between the two superpowers”, the US and China. This …
Leaflet produced by Spirit of Eureka – Victoria The AUKUS military pact between the US, UK and Australia is dragging Australia into another US led war. The US is expanding its military and intelligence bases across Australia, turning Australia into a major USmilitary base, a launching pad for its war against China. China’s rapid economic rise is challenging US global …
This statement came from IPAN’s Facebook page On this ANZAC Day we remember all Australians who were killed in war, those who were incarcerated and abused as prisoners of war and those who sustained physical and psychological injuries as a result of war. We remember the many millions of civilian victims of war who have been killed, injured, raped and …
Media Release from The Australian Independent Media Network As international tensions rise to a new level, with the Ukraine war passing its first anniversary and the Albanese Government set to announce its commitment of hundreds of billions of dollars to new weaponry, nuclear propelled subs, Stealth bombers etc, The Road to War brings into sharp focus why it is not …
By Richard Stone Economic forecasting of the dominant players in the Indo-Pacific has revealed a significant challenge to traditional US-led hegemonic positions over the next decade and the future. The relative economic decline of Japan will have far-reaching implications for US foreign policy and global alliance; Australia has not fared a great deal better. The problem has already been, and …
18 March Melbourne Peace rally Talk by Shirley Winton (member of No AUKUS Victoria/AAAC and IPAN) On behalf of Peace Roundtable Melbourne welcome everyone and thank you for coming on this scorching hot day. I would like to especially acknowledge the people who have travelled many hours from across Victoria to attend this important rally. They are from South West …
by Humphrey McQueen This article was submitted to the The Editor of The Canberra Times That the ACT Attorney-General and leader of the Greens in the Legislative Assembly thinks that Australia Day is when Lt Cook sailed past Sydney Harbour without noticing its existence, is to be expected. More concerning are the implications of ‘invasion’ to account for what did …
by Bevan Ramsden This People’s Inquiry ran for over one year under the title of “Exploring the case for an Independent and Peaceful Australia. What are the costs and consequences of Australia’s involvement in US-led wars and the US-Alliance? What are the alternatives?” IPAN members discussed and consulted directly with thousands of everyday Australians from all walks of life. The …
