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We learn belatedly that Prime Minister Abbott tried to persuade the Army to send to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine, were more like 3000, a…

It is a democratic principle that debate is essential to good policy. Dispute has a refining effect on ideas.  Moreover, one of the purposes of an…

In the Australian Financial Review on 26th May 2016, under the heading: “Shadow of long-forgotten Iraq falls over campaign”, the celebrated columnist, Laura Tingle, wrote that…

The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, MP Prime Minister Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Mr Turnbull, Deployment of Special Forces; War Powers Further to my letter of 1…

Australia’s decision to join the United States bombing campaign in Syria was mired in deceit, disinformation and obfuscation from the outset.  When the Australian government announced…

Media Release Anniversary of March 2003 Iraq Invasion Observed: Lessons Relevant for Syria and Elsewhere, But Still Ignored. Australians for War Powers Reform (AWPR) is marking…

The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, MP Prime Minister Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Mr Turnbull, War Powers: Authorisation of the Use of Military Force I write on…

Introductory statement by Australians for War Powers Reform, to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade on 23 February 2015. Who we are:…

This paper is presented by Australians for War Powers Reform (AWPR) to stimulate discussion on non-military approaches to the problems in Syria and elsewhere in the…

Australians for War Powers Reform (AWPR) is very sorry to hear the news that the Member for Fremantle, the Hon. Melissa Parke MP, will not be…