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…
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…
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…
A dangerous undertaking
AWPR was established to ensure that the parliament not a prime minister determines which military conflicts Australia undertakes or gets involved in. AUKUS has the capacity…
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.…
Former Defence Force Chief Backs War Powers Reform
Media Release: April 25, 2021 The former Defence Force Chief Admiral Chris Barrie has publicly supported calls to change the way Australia goes to war, saying…