DFAT cuts reduce influence
In July, Australian diplomats were under the spotlight but for the wrong reasons. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) announced it was cutting 60 positions…
In July, Australian diplomats were under the spotlight but for the wrong reasons. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) announced it was cutting 60 positions…
By Paul Barratt AO, AWPR President With its 2020 Defence Strategic Update and its 2020 Force Structure Plan the Morrison Government presents us with the military…
by Paul Barratt AO, AWPR President We hear a lot from our government about the “rules-based international order” and we would be the first to agree…
By Peter Hayes On 8 June 2020, The Australian carried the following online banner report: “The Five Eyes intelligence network of Australia, the US, Britain, Canada…
In January this year Dr Alison Broinowski, Vice President of Australians for War Powers Reform wrote the article Why are Australian forces still in Iraq? Broinowski said: “War is clearly…
Garry Woodard, Senior Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters in recognition of…
By Dr Alison Broinowski Immediately after the US drone assassination of Iran’s visiting senior general, Qassem Soleimani, the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign forces. This includes…