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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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...
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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...
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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...