#DisarmUQ #DisarmUnis: Add your signature to this letter: Email Duncan Hart Include your name and any relevant information Open letter to the University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor, Peter Hoj, concerning the recent announcement of a building and academy to be named after CEO and Chairman of Dow Chemical Company, Andrew Liveris. We the undersigned wish to… [Read more] Open letter to UQ concerning the naming of a new building after the CEO of Dow Chemicals
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Commemorate Don’t Commercialise
Tell the Australian War Memorial Director and Council to Australian War Memorial: Stop accepting funding from weapon-makers. The Australian War Memorial increasingly seeks and accepts sponsorships from the world’s largest multinational weapon manufacturers. These companies reap enormous profits from war; for them, ongoing warfare leads to greater business success. They have no place in a… [Read more] Commemorate Don’t Commercialise
@MarisePayne “I call upon you to restore Australian’s reputation by fighting this culture of abuse.”
Dear Minister @MarisePayne Australia is a country that calls itself an open and accountable democracy. We aim to show other countries how to act in a humane way to their citizens. So I was appalled to hear from a friend about events in September 2014. Protesters were hooded, zip-tied and had their clothing cut from… [Read more] @MarisePayne “I call upon you to restore Australian’s reputation by fighting this culture of abuse.”
Militarism May: the Rise and Rise of Australian Militarism
“So you wanna do something to stop this crazy rise in Australian militarism?” It might have been the Government Duopoly’s prescribed month: “Militarism May”. Brendan Nelson proudly proclaimed he invited corporate weapons manufacturers such as Lockheed and BAE to build advertising installations to commemorate their weapons at the Australian War Memorial – @AWMemorial. A new Cooperative Research… [Read more] Militarism May: the Rise and Rise of Australian Militarism
Pine Gap electricity supply and the Ausgrid controversy
By RICHARD TANTER Published in John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations 30 May 2018 The giant Pine Gap intelligence and military base outside Alice Springs consumes a great deal of electricity to operate its intelligence-gathering and analysis operations. It now appears that the Turnbull government’s rejection of a $25 bn. bid for the NSW-government owned Ausgrid electricity distribution company on national… [Read more] Pine Gap electricity supply and the Ausgrid controversy