The 20th anniversary of the Iraq War – Sunday March 19
AWPR Media Release As we remember the start of the disastrous Iraq invasion, twenty years ago, we must also learn the lessons of that illegal intervention…
Iraq War 20th Anniversary – Kellie Merritt
A message from Kellie Merritt - widow of Flight Lt Paul Pardoel, killed on operational duty in Iraq in 2005. Kellie is a social worker and…
Iraq War 20th Anniversary – John Howard
A message from 'the other' John Howard, the actor There is no doubt in my mind that when Australia goes to war, our people are at…
Iraq War 20th Anniversary – Melissa Parke
As a UN staff member working in Gaza in 2003, I watched, horrified, as PM John Howard eagerly dispatched Australian troops to be part of the…
Iraq War 20th Anniversary – Former Senator Margaret Reynolds
There is a very disturbing irony in the fact that we mark the tragedy of Iraq at the same time as the Australian Government signs us…
The Albanese Submarine deal: A Transparency Free Zone
Today’s multi billion-dollar submarine announcement represents a serious failure of public policy with the Australian public and the national parliament shut out of the decision making…
A month of crucial decisions for Australia
By Alison Broinowski We now know that the parliamentary report on reform of the war powers won’t appear until late March. The delay may be due…
In 2003 Simon Crean opposed the Iraq War and today he supports war powers reform
Leading Labor figures including Penny Wong and Richard Marles have made it clear they don’t want to change the war powers. That means they support the…
Policy confusion over Nuclear Weapons on Australia soil
Senator Penny Wong was grilled in Senate estimates this week over whether nuclear weapons are being brought to Australia on visiting B-52 bombers. Her answers were…
Penny Wong opposes Democratic Oversight
Has Australia’s Foreign Minister, who advocates international law and human rights, surrendered to the hawks in Canberra? Senator Penny Wong told Parliament yesterday that the way…