Will you prepare to stand with us in at Landforces in Brisbane, June 2021? The weapons industry in Brisbane is rapidly developing. We inspected three Brisbane-based companies: Boeing, Rheinmetall and Nioa. Being onsite gives us ordinary folk concrete information. We encounter real people going about their everyday preparation for … war crimes. The Global Supply… [Read more] Facilitating Exports: The Global Supply Chain and Landforces Brisbane
War Profiteers
Budget a setback for Australia and the region
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 $42.2billion for 2020-21 will see Australia acquire a military capability grossly disproportionate to its defence needs. The planned capability will work… [Read more] Budget a setback for Australia and the region
Raising Peace
Speech for Raising Peace event: LEE RHIANNON 20 September 2020 I do acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay tribute to their history, their culture and their ongoing struggles for justice in the face of the many crimes that continue to be perpetrated against First Nations peoples. Thank you… [Read more] Raising Peace
Media Release: August 2020 Boeing is Out of Control
MEDIA RELEASE 11 August 2020 See also a summary and commentary on the action at www.wagepeaceau.org/boeing-out-of-control Boeing is #OutofControl Peace activists have disrupted work at the Brisbane office of Boeing Defence this morning, saying the company’s construction of weaponised drones and other autonomous weapons is part of a militarism that is out of control. A… [Read more] Media Release: August 2020 Boeing is Out of Control
Michael West and Michelle Fahy: Leading the research in weapons corruption
Michael West Biz with Michael West on Tweets and Michelle Fahy doing the long form writing are pumping out articles on the weapons trade. It’s a very slippery arena. Revolving doors, endless large contracts for no actual purpose, big companies courting small companies. Here’s a few of their recent articles. Sign up to Michael West… [Read more] Michael West and Michelle Fahy: Leading the research in weapons corruption
