ALP puts war powers reform on the agenda
Media Release – 14 April 2021 The ALP will hold a public inquiry into how Australia goes to war if elected to government next year. The…
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Deferring Democracy: The Iraq War and the Future of Australia’s War Powers
by Tom Mullins Next month marks eighteen years since the US-led offensive descended on the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and Australia’s entry into the war continues…
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Editorial: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (The more things change, the more they remain the same).
By Paul Barratt AO, AWPR President In our January Bulletin we expressed relief that the most powerful office in the world, and the constellation of lesser offices…
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Time for a Reset
By AWPR President, Paul Barratt AO Now that the Trump era has come to an end, at least in the sense that Donald Trump is no…
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An American History of Regime Change and the Cost of Complicity
By Jack Worthy January 3rd 2021 marked the anniversary of General Qasem Soleimani’s assassination by US drone strike, a date expected to elicit retaliatory action by…
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Continuing strategic dependence on the US or strategic independence for Australia?
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) has launched a national People’s Inquiry into the costs and consequences of Australia’s involvement in US-led wars and the…
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2020: Marketing and Mythologies
By Jack Worthy In a year beset by a global pandemic, attendant economic instability, a tumultuous US election, and foundering global diplomacy, reflection inevitably trends to…
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Hands off Iran
by Dr Alison Broinowski, AWPR Vice-President Iran has been on the US most-hated list for a long time. That shouldn’t make it an enemy of Australia.…
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Editorial: Greens introduce Private Senator’s Bill – the Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2020.
By Paul Barratt AO, AWPR President For Australians for War Powers Reform the high point of a very busy year has to be the introduction on…
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