military weapons manufacture Archives

Issue #2085

Japan eyes Australia for missile testing

Japanese government sources have revealed that Japan and Australia are discussing potential military cooperation in case of “scenarios where emergencies arise simultaneously in both the...

Issue #2066

Weapons corporations are making a killing

Weapons corporations are making a killing exporting terror around the world. While the USA’s top five weapons contractors make profits topping $200 billion, they’re never...

Issue #2115

GLOBAL BRIEFS

BRITAIN: The National Education Union (NEU) has called for the introduction of universal free school meals after a new poll indicated that a growing number...

Rally in support of Palestine, Perth/ Boorloo.

Issue #2122

Israel and the USA: an axis of terror

An ‘axis of terror’ is operating in Gaza, in Lebanon, in the West Bank, in Syria. It’s the Israeli military, backed by the USA. Israel...

Issue #2095

GLOBAL BEIEFS

PERSIAN GULF: Countries in the Persian Gulf including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Kuwait have reportedly told the United States not to...

Issue #2101

PEACE NOTES

Australian universities are deeply involved in military research and development. Western Sydney University, the University of Wollongong, University of Technology Sydney, and the University of...

Gaza mother with child amongst destruction

Issue #2106

Israeli destruction could spread

US presidential candidates Biden and Trump don’t have much in common – except for blind support for Israel and an almost rabid animosity toward Palestine....

Issue #2115

US plans for war on three fronts

The United States has maintained power and control since the end of WW2 but its hold on power has never been shakier. Its economic dominance...

Issue #2079

PEACE NOTES

Expel the Merchants of Death Hannah Middleton War is good for business. Armaments corporations are raking in billions from death, suffering, and destruction. It is...

Issue #2085

PEACE NOTES

At a recent Gaza solidarity rally in Sydney, Communist Party of Australia members collected over 160 signatures on letters to Australia’s Future Fund chair Peter...

Issue #2147

PEACE NOTES

Say what you like about war, at least it’s good for the economy, right? Wrong, but you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. War and...

Issue #2173

PEACE NOTES

Military lobby in Australia Traditionally since its inception the RSL has been a focus for pro-military spending forces in Australia. Today it is no different. ...

Issue #2172

Darling Harbour weapons expo

The Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition (hereafter called the Expo) held from 4 - 6 November this year finally revealed in all its starkness how complicit the...

Issue #2143

Australia’s complicity in genocide

The Albanese government has made Australia complicit in the most serious and inhumane of crimes. It has repeatedly denied that Australia has exported weapons to...

Issue #2091

DINGO

As the body count in Gaza and the West Bank continues to rise after hitting 30,000, Richard Marles and Penny Wong claim that Australia is...

Issue #2193

Australia making explosives for Israel

According to a recent report in The Shot, despite months of reassurances from Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Australia has been manufacturing the explosive that goes...

Issue #2147

NATO’s deathly embrace

As Australian arms manufacturers supply weapons to the fascist regimes in Israel and Ukraine the Albanese government is moving to bring Australia into the deathly...

Issue #2087

Community picket outside Heat Treat Australia in Victoria

On Friday 9 February 150-200 protesters picketed Heat Treat Australia’s (HTA) factory in Campbellfield, Victoria. This factory processes parts for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II...

Issue #2107

EDITORIAL

By now readers will be well aware of Fatima Payman. A brief recap; she’s a young West Australian Senator now famous for crossing the floor...

Issue #2193

Boorloo protests the IODS

On 26 May, 14 WA community and political groups joined forces to protest the Indian Ocean Defence & Security Conference – Exhibition (IODS) at the...

Issue #2138

A Disneyland of war

A row has erupted about the Australian War Memorial and sponsorships from some of the world’s biggest weapons producers. Is this ‘dirty money?’ Is it...

Issue #2152

NSW Greens candidate injured in protests

“Close to 50.” That’s how many police a witness estimated attended a peaceful picket in Belmore in Western Sydney on 27 June. Approximately 35 protesters...

Issue #2122

Australia and Norway marching as one to a martial drum

Australia and Norway have a lot in common. At least that’s the claim being made by the defence ministers of the two countries. Norwegian Defence...

Land to air long range missile being fired

Issue #2167

Labor chooses missiles

What does Australia need to make? Solar batteries? A better power grid? Fast trains? Cars? More hospitals? If you’re the Labor government, any of the...

Australian Defence Force’s Mercedes-Benz G-Class at a careers expo in Perth, 2019.

Issue #2117

Land Force Expo: state, capital give three cheers for war profiteers

The Land Forces International Defence Expo has shown with appalling clarity the lengths that the state will go in order to support the right of...