The Guardian • Richard Marles
Issue #2097
World military spending explodes
World spending on the military in 2023 reached an astronomical $2.44 trillion, according to research just released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)....
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Issue #2097
Where is the Red Menace?
Australia’s political, military, and media elites and the Americans holding their leashes have been doubling and tripling down on China fearmongering in the last few...
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Issue #2117
Australia-Japan 2+2 and the running dogs of war
The Australia-Japan 2+2 meeting (two foreign Ministers and two Defence Ministers) was held this September, between Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny...
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Issue #2096
$100 billion arms budget
The announcement by Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, that Australia’s military spending will reach 2.4 per cent of GDP is chilling news. This means a...
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Issue #2110
GREEN NOTES
Scientists at the Potsdam Institute estimate that the costs of inaction on climate change will be US$38 trillion a year by 2050, whereas climate action...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Issue #2207
PEACE NOTES
September Inevitably Sept 11 as the day that the twin towers came down in New York is remembered with solemnity and yet with no sense...
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Issue #2082
SACK MARLES!
The US-led military buildup in Australia for war with China is like nothing this country has ever experienced before – and US sycophant, Australian defence...
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Issue #2096
Marles boost to military spending ‘a disgrace’
Peace groups are outraged by Defence Minister Richard Marles announcement at the National Press Club that Australia’s military spending will rise from the current 1.9...
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Issue #2099
Geelong Debs join anti-Marles, anti-genocide protest
In Geelong, feelings are rising against local member Richard Marles, his warmongering policies and his support for the Israeli genocide. IPAN members in Geelong have...
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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...
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Issue #2163
EDITORIAL
It’s been a while since the AUKUS pact was featured in this newspaper. The plan to buy nuclear-powered submarines from the USA and the UK,...
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Issue #2206
EDITORIAL
Defenders of Israel’s campaign of slaughter and dispossession in Palestine sometimes have to be indirect. Once in a while, they scold pro-Palestine protesters for caring...
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Issue #2206
Marles and Hegseth talk AUKUS
On 2 September Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles, met with US Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC,...
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