Australian governments are allowing Western Australia to become a vital part of the United States war-fighting base and, therefore, an inevitable target for retaliatory strikes in a US war on China. Bevan Ramsden reports.
AUKUS
Peter Boyle speaks to Epeli Lesuma about what the recent Pacific Island Forum revealed about Australian colonialism.
Epeli Lesuma from the Pacific Network on Globalisation told Peter Boyle that there is great concern in the Pacific about Australia’s AUKUS deal with the British and the United States to acquire nuclear-powered submarines as it contravenes the Treaty of Raratonga.
The public has largely been kept in the dark about the AUKUS acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines, but some new information has come to light. Bevan Ramsden reports.
Supporters of Stop AUKUS WA and Nuclear Free WA presented Fremantle Councillors with a 400-strong petition calling on it to ban the berthing of nuclear-powered or -armed submarines at Stirling Naval Base. Alex Salmon reports.
The AUSMIN talks between the US and Australia provided another occasion for propaganda repeating the lie that the US military's expansion into South East Asia and Australia will lead to greater security. Binoy Kampmark reports.
A public meeting discussed the disastrous legacy of the United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 and the growing danger of Australia becoming involved in a possible nuclear war stemming from AUKUS. Jim McIlroy reports.
Defence minister Richard Marles and foreign affairs minister Penny Wong groveled more than usual at the annual AUSMIN meeting as they promised to push forward on AUKUS nuclear submarines and bases. Pip Hinman reports.
Anti-war protesters marked the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, saying “Never again!” Jim McIlroy reports.
Australia’s nuclear regulator greenlit the Australian Submarine Agency to proceed with plans for a nuclear waste storage facility at HMAS Stirling Base in Rockingham, Western Australia. Pip Hinman reports.
Peter Dutton's nuclear power push needs to be opposed but Labor is compromised on nuclear, writes Alex Bainbridge.
Labor’s 2024 budget, that supposedly addresses the cost-of-living crisis, leaves the poorest $220 a week under the poverty line. Peter Boyle reports on a Labor budget with no heart, guts or vision.
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