Australia’s military spending is skewed by the US-Australian military alliance.  In 2017 the Trump administration has imposed a 2% GDP impost on all its allies including Australia.  We campaign for reduced military spending to reflect Australia’s needs rather than the demands of the global world power namely the United States.  We claim that Australia is an exorbitant spender on military equipment which includes a trillion dollars over the next 10 years.  The big ticket items are 12 submarines, 75 F35s and numerous naval ships and many more items.  We claim that Australia’s military spending is making us poorer not safer.  Consequently we participate fully in the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS), this takes place around the middle of April each year to coincide with the release of the SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) annual report on global military spending.  We educate, lobby and protest about Australia’s military spending particularly in mid-April each year but we also comment and work on this the whole year round.

  • 2020 Federal Budget: Tonight’s budget a setback for Australia and the region

    Frydenberg’s 2020-21 budget confirms a profligate spend on Australia’s military capabilities that is unjustifiable from every view point: strategic, economic, environmental and social. The addition of a further $3 billion to the already allocated $42.2billion for 2020-21 will see Australia acquire a military capability grossly disproportionate to its defence needs. The planned capability will...

  • Morrison Government condemned over stimulus to the Military

    media release 26/08/2020 PM Morrison condemned over so-called stimulus to military spending. PM Morrison has opted for the easy way out of dealing with economic problems brought on by the Covid crisis.  Instead of an Australia better equipped after the virus we will be only be better armed even though we have no enemies....

  • $270 Billion Campaign

    No security and few jobsin Morrison’s $270 billion war preparations Australia is embarking on the 21st-century version of a Cold War weapons build-up, emphasising submarines and other naval assets, intelligence, satellites and, for the first time, long-range missiles for use away from Australian shores. There are compelling reasons why diplomacy, rather than sparking an...

  • Prime Minister opts for a military led recovery from the Covid recession

    Media release 30/6/20 Prime Minister opts for a military led recovery from the Covid recession The prospect of the Australian Government spending $270 billion on military spending is backward thinking and ultimately a disadvantage for all Australians. “We now know why the Australian Government has been conducting a scare campaign about China and Chinese...

  • 3.6% surge in global military spending

    3.6% surge in global military spending The announcement by the independent Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) that the world’s military expenditure for 2019 has gone up by 3.6% — the largest annual increase in a decade — is an indictment on the world’s priorities.  When the Covid-19 pandemic hit there were not enough...

  • Australia provides weapons to the Yemen War. media release 25th July

    Australia must be transparent about its military exports: Australian Arms Control Coalition 25th July, 2019: A newly formed group of civil society organisations and human rights advocates are calling on the Australian Government to lift the shield of secrecy over the sale and export of Australian-made military assets, following a damning ABC report aired...

  • 64% Australians reject arms sales to Saudi Arabia media release

    Media release 12th June 2019 The majority of Australians believe that Australia should follow countries like Germany and Finland and suspend weapons trading with Saudi Arabia which has been accused of committing human rights atrocities as part of the on going war in neighbouring Yemen. A new survey by Essential Research has revealed that...

  • SIPRI military expenditure data, 2019

    World military expenditure increase by 2.6%   World military expenditure increased in 2018 by 6 per cent in real terms, and is now estimated at $1822 billion. The top 10 spenders in 2018 compared to 2017: 1. USA (+4.6%); 2. China (+5.0%); 3. Saudi Arabia (-6.5%); 4. India (+3.1%); 5. France (-1.4%); 6. Russia (-3.5%); 7. UK...

  • What does the RAAF do when it kills civilians?

    Media Release Friday, February 1, 2019 The answer is easy it awards the commander who was in charge of the operation with a medal and awards it on Australia Day!  Here is the citation for 2019 Australia Day Awards covering 2018. Distinguished Service Medal. Wing Commander M For distinguished leadership in warlike operations on...

  • ‘Welcome’ Steve Ciobo to the new Australian Minister for the Arms Trade

    Steve Ciobo is the new Defence Industry Minister taking over from Christopher Pyne.  He is now the Australian Minister who is responsible for our arms trade with other countries.  He is responsible for the transfer of Australian arms and equipment to the biggest trouble spot in the World, the Middle East.  The Australian Government...

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