The US-Australian Military Alliance which was signed in 1950 is based on the ANZUS treaty. These arrangements have led Australia into US wars from the Korean, the Vietnam, and later wars in the Middle East in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Australia also is totally dependent on US weapons systems and intelligence because of the alliance. We aim to make Australia an independent and non-aligned country.
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Actions to counter postponement of the ‘The No War with China’
Lockdown forces postponement of ‘No War with China Rally. “There are plenty of other ways to demonstrate!” NSW Police when they shut down the ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstrations last year. Introduction: We are calling on all our supporters to take advantage of the approach of July 4 Independence Day for the US as an opportunity...
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America’s $300 million push to expand naval facilities in northern Australia
Australia is a Vassal of the United States not an Ally America‘s $300 million push to expand naval facilities in northern Australia “The Australian Government is handing over Darwin and its surrounds to the US military with secret plans for a naval base, a commercial port and roads. Once again Canberra is giving up Australian...
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Cabinet Papers are they telling us all? NO not about Pine Gap
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-is-still-being-held-back-in-cabinet-papers-release-20181228-p50oku.html What is still being held back in Cabinet papers release? By Sally Whyte 1 January 2019 — 11:00pm The annual release of Cabinet documents from 20 years ago is generally seen as an exercise in transparency, with the public able to get an insight into the issues considered by the government of the day,...
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No US or Australian Base on Manus Island PNG!
Australia choses a negative path in the Pacific No US/Australia Base on Manus Island The behaviour of Australia at the APEC Forum in Port Moresby this week (17-18 Nov 2018) resulted in greater tension and dangers of conflict along with the bellicose US. The announcement of an Australia/US/PNG military base on Manus lsland is a...
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Letter to SMH re Pine Gap
Dear Editor, After being arrested around 5 times at the gates of Pine Gap since 1987 it comes as no surprise that intelligence gifted to Australia is first filtered through US eyes only. The revelations in today’s SMH 26/4/18 The Secret Room closed off to Australia show that ‘in many countries (Australia especially) around the...
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So we were right all along – SMH 26/4/18 by Nick Miller
From Sydney Morning Herald today (Thursday) For decades the Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition and other peace groups have argued that Pine Gap is a US facility and that Australia does not know everything that goes on there, cannot control its activities, and does not have full access to its intelligence gathering. We were told we were...
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The misbehaviour of HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Parramatta
Dear Minister, We are sad to read of an account of the above ships stopping near the village of Gangjeong on Jeju Island South Korea reported in a newsletter printed by that village. The article alleges that the RAN ships arrived on Nov 3 2017 and while other ships from other countries stopped...