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…
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…
Health more important than security
The Australia Anti-Bases Campaign (AABC) totally rejects Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s recent statement that the US should maintain its concerns about security in the Pacific at this time of…
Statement on the attack on Iran and the assassination of Qasem Soleimani
The Australian Anti-Bases Campaign condemns unequivocally the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian General killed by a US drone strike on Friday…
ANTI-BASES calls an immediate ceasefire and a withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syrian Territory.
The war started by Turkey is an aggression against the Kurdish people and an attack against the Syrian territorial sovereignty.
This…
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…
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…
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…
“We strongly condemn the Russian Government for developing new nuclear weapons. This is totally unacceptable at a time when most nations of the world are signing the United Nations treaty on the abolition…
Media Release
Monday, February 26, 2018
Anti-Bases and IPAN –NSW peace groups have condemned Prime Minister Turnbull’s agreement in Washington to increase the number of US Marines in Darwin to 2,500 at a greater rate…
