Editorial: Screaming in April
By Alison Broinowski If I hear Australian opinion leaders cite the ‘international rules-based order’ again I think I’ll scream. Even more loudly, every time I hear…
By Alison Broinowski If I hear Australian opinion leaders cite the ‘international rules-based order’ again I think I’ll scream. Even more loudly, every time I hear…
Media Release 31 March 2023 The parliamentary report released today on War Powers has failed to recommend the genuine reform many in the community expect. “The…
This is the transcript of a speech to the national Aukus webinar "The path to war" held on 26 March 2023 By Alison Broinowski Twenty years…
A message from Kellie Merritt - widow of Flight Lt Paul Pardoel, killed on operational duty in Iraq in 2005. Kellie is a social worker and…
As a UN staff member working in Gaza in 2003, I watched, horrified, as PM John Howard eagerly dispatched Australian troops to be part of the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…