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…
One Ex-pat American’s view of the US-Australian alliance
By Carol Dance There are 109,450 people living in Australia who were born in the USA, according to the 2021 census. I only know about a…
Is Australia Currently At War?
By Cameron Leckie Historically, it used to be clear when one country was at war with another. Not so today. Indeed, that is one of the…
A Nation in Waiting
Editorial By Alison Broinowski We are still waiting in 2023, nearly 20 years after Australia’s invasion of Iraq, for an independent report on how John Howard…
ADF Veterans address the War Powers Inquiry
By Noel Turnbull On Friday December 9 John Phillips (former Captain Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam 1971) and myself (2nd Lieutenant Royal Australian Artillery Vietnam 1968-69) gave…
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