Simon Crean 1949-2023
Twenty years after Australia illegally invaded Iraq, Simon Crean who was then Opposition leader, has died. For decades a critic of how Australia goes to war,…
Twenty years after Australia illegally invaded Iraq, Simon Crean who was then Opposition leader, has died. For decades a critic of how Australia goes to war,…
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…
In January this year Dr Alison Broinowski, Vice President of Australians for War Powers Reform wrote the article Why are Australian forces still in Iraq? Broinowski said: “War is clearly…
By Dr Alison Broinowski Immediately after the US drone assassination of Iran’s visiting senior general, Qassem Soleimani, the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all foreign forces. This includes…
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…
Tony Abbott’s visit to New Zealand on 26 February was carefully coordinated with John Key’s announcement of a Kiwi military deployment to Iraq. At 143 ‘combat-trainers’…
Death of Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser AC CH On this 12th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Campaign for an Iraq War Inquiry/Australians for War Powers…
Prime Minister Abbott’s constant reference to ISIL as a “Death Cult” is a gross over-simplification of a complex conflict in the Arab world. It is intended…
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 WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH, 2015 No clear mission - no SOFA? Following Prime Minister Abbott’s announcement of additional troops for Iraq, Australians for War Powers…