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…
An Important Anniversary
Editorial By Alison Broinowski August 2022 marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of the Campaign for an Iraq War Inquiry (CIWI), the predecessor of AWPR.…
Deferring Democracy: The Iraq War and the Future of Australia’s War Powers
by Tom Mullins Next month marks eighteen years since the US-led offensive descended on the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and Australia’s entry into the war continues…
Parliament split on going to war: Remember 2003?
As calls increase for reform of the flawed process by which Australian troops can be sent to war, and in particular for parliamentary debate and vote…
Kellie Merritt on Australian participation in foreign wars
On the eve of Anzac Day CIWI Committee Member Kellie Merritt, widow of Flight Lt. Paul Pardoel, Australia's first serviceman to be killed in Iraq during…
Our 2015 fundraising appeal for the new AWPR book
Today Australians for War Powers Reform launched a fundraising appeal through the crowd sourcing website pozible. The appeal is to enable us to produce and distribute to all…
AWPR media briefings released ahead of 12th anniversary of invasion of Iraq
Released in the lead up to the 12th anniversary of the war on Iraq in March 2015 the new media briefing kit from Australians for War Powers Reform offers seven papers on issues of importance when considering the question of reforming Australia’s war powers.
Creepy Mission
So to no-one’s surprise, the Prime Minister says we are now in the ‘next phase’ of the fight against whatever it’s called. ISIS, ISIL, IS, Daesh,…
Media release: No Clear Mission – No SOFA?
MEDIA RELEASE WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH, 2015 No clear mission - no SOFA? Following Prime Minister Abbott’s announcement of additional troops for Iraq, Australians for War Powers…
Are we about to see another ‘Captains Call’ on Iraq?
Australians for War Powers Reform (AWPR) have expressed concern that the problem of ‘mission creep’ for our troops in Iraq, already in evidence, seems set to…