What is the US-Australia Force Posture Agreement (FPA)?
On May 21, 2023, IPAN held an online forum to discuss the controversial Force Posture Agreement. Lawyer and human rights activist Kellie Tranter made the following…
Can Australia join “the missile age” and remain independent?
This article was published in The Canberra Times on 5 May 2023 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8182000/can-australia-join-the-missile-age-and-remain-independent/ By Cameron Leckie To much fanfare, and more than a little speculation, the…
Editorial: Screaming in April
By Alison Broinowski If I hear Australian opinion leaders cite the ‘international rules-based order’ again I think I’ll scream. Even more loudly, every time I hear…
Challenging the “Permanent War Industry”
Despite significant human improvements in so many countries in the last few hundred years the drive for war and violence on a mass scale persists. To…
BRUCE HAIGH 1945-2023
With the death of Bruce Haigh at 77, we have lost a dear friend, valued colleague, and former AWPR Committee stalwart. Throughout his years with AWPR,…
AWPR Response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into War Powers
On Friday 31 March 2023 the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (JSCFADT) released the final report from its Inquiry into international armed…
Automated Killing & the Future of Warfare – Special Webinar
Australians for War Powers Reform presents A special online webinar featuring Professor Toby Walsh Chief Scientist at UNSW's Artificial Intelligence Institute and Matilda Byrne National Coordinator…
War Powers Inquiry fails – Not genuine transparency
Media Release 31 March 2023 The parliamentary report released today on War Powers has failed to recommend the genuine reform many in the community expect. “The…
Playing Australia for suckers?
This is the transcript of a speech to the national Aukus webinar "The path to war" held on 26 March 2023 By Alison Broinowski Twenty years…
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…