Australian Defence Force (ADF) Archives

Issue #1949

McBride: the making of a whistleblower

“Something would have died inside of me” reflected Whistleblower Major David McBride this week ...

Issue #2031

CPA: submission to the Defence Strategic Review

The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) is a democratic, transparent and accountable organisation. We are member led and governed by a Central Committee elected every...

Issue #2035

WEASEL WORDS

TAX tæks/ We all know what a tax is, don’t we? The government needs money, so they take a slice of your salary, or maybe...

Issue #2030

“David McBride: declassified” a whistle blower unleashed

There are moments in our lives when we witness someone who has tried to do the right thing to others, to the society in which...

Issue #2177

HALF THE SKY

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is having a lot of trouble meeting recruitment targets and stabilising retention rates. The government is desperate to increase its...

Issue #1999

ON DEFENCE: ALP and Coalition of little difference

There is little more powerful evidence of how far the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has moved from traditional social democracy than its current policies on...

Issue #1995

ADF deployed to band-aid aged care crisis

Staff shortages across the aged care sector continue to sink the industry into a deepening crisis. The Australian Government has announced that 1700 Australian Defence...

Issue #2128

Marles, missiles and a Canadian alliance

Australian Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, has shown yet again that he will spare no effort in preparing Australia for war. It doesn’t faze him...

Issue #2185

LETTERS

Cyprus, Greenland, and the US I write this in response to US President Trump’s continuing threats to take over Greenland and his comments about why...

Issue #2121

PEACE NOTES

The decision to double the Australian military budget to $100 billion a year is now an appalling fact of life. Whether Richard Marles remains the...

Issue #2038

Australian troops to train Ukrainian soldiers

In a decision that will ensure even more death and destruction, the Australian Government has sent 70 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to the UK...

Issue #2153

PEACE NOTES

(Comrade Hannah Middleton inaugurated the Guardian’s Peace Notes column. As we prepare to commemorate her life and achievements, it seems appropriate to reprint these words...

Land to air long range missile being fired

Issue #2126

The drive to war: a blurring of the civil with the martial

The hawks driving strategic thinking and the militarisation of Australia and the region are demanding successfully that the government expends vast resources in building and...

Issue #2127

PEACE NOTES

Recently in Tarndanyangga, or ‘red kangaroo place’ (Adelaide) on Kauna Land, the South Australian government took delight in sponsoring a huge defence conference at the...

Issue #2196

AUKUS: Public hearings inquiry starts

On 11 June the first session of the public inquiry into AUKUS was held at Trades Hall in Melbourne. The inquiry is being headed up...

Issue #2129

Talisman Sabre, the drive to war

The 11th Talisman Sabre military exercise will be held later this year. A lot has happened since the last gathering in 2023. While the exercises...

Issue #2199

Doubts over Albo’s AI jobs boom

Prime Minister Albanese has made a major speech about AI. The speech has been welcomed by the lobby group Data Centres Australia, but Albo’s fine...