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The world is drifting back towards unconstrained nuclear danger

Marianne Hanson, 19 February With the expiration of the New START treaty and the erosion of arms control agreements, the safeguards that once limited nuclear danger are rapidly disappearing – despite decades of evidence that restraint reduces catastrophic risk. A number of recent developments on the nuclear weapons radar should concern us all. Read more
Call for Australia to appoint a Minister for Peace and International Development

6 February 2026 In a submission to a Parliamentary Inquiry, the Australian Peace and Security Forum (APSF) has called for the appointment of a Minister for Peace and International Development to send a strong signal to the Indo-Pacific region and to the international community about the priority Australia affords conflict prevention and peacebuilding. “Such an…
Australia: On the brink of climate and biodiversity catastrophe

In this webinar, Ian Lowe AO, one of Australia’s most respected environmental scientists discusses the essential first steps we must take to protect the wellbeing of future generations of Australians: stabilising the global climate and protecting our local biota.
Snapshots from the Shadow World, Michelle Fahy, 29 January 2026

Revolving door spins ever more quickly Lockheed Martin Australia has just poached its new CEO straight from the Australian Government’s weapons buying group, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG). This latest appointment continues the global weapons giant’s long-standing practice of recruiting its local chief executives from the ranks of senior Australian military and defence officials.…
Statement on the Bondi Beach terror attack

16 December 2025 The Australian Peace and Security Forum expresses deepest sympathy for the families, friends and community of those who were killed or injured in the terror attack on a Jewish festival in Bondi. We commend the courage of locals and first responders who acted to prevent further bloodshed. We call for all Australians regardless of faith, politics or race to commit…
7am Podcast: This could only end in a very bad place

Albert Palazzo, 10 December, 18 minutes. AUKUS is moving full steam ahead. That was the promise made in Washington, as Richard Marles and Penny Wong stood beside their US counterparts, stating the alliance is stronger than ever. But behind those assurances is a Pentagon review of AUKUS that the public isn’t allowed to read –…
What is needed for economic security in a sharply divided world?

Tue, 16 Dec, 6pm – 7pm AEDT Online Event – REGISTER HERE Event description Global inequality was a focal theme at the recent G20 Summit in South Africa. Between 2000 and 2024, the richest 1% of the world’s people captured 41% of all new wealth, in contrast to just 1% being captured by the bottom…
Tue, 16 Dec, 6pm – 7pm AEDT

REGISTER HERE Global inequality was a focal theme at the recent G20 Summit in South Africa. Between 2000 and 2024, the richest 1% of the world’s people captured 41% of all new wealth, in contrast to just 1% being captured by the bottom half of humanity. One key driver of growing global inequality is the…
Secrecy thy name is AUKUS: How Labor’s closed-door committee further entrenches excessive secrecy

From Crikey, ALBERT PALAZZO, 2 December 2025 A committee tasked with reviewing AUKUS should have been a good thing. But one designed to ensure that there are no contrary voices destroys its value from the start. Well, the government has done it again. Instead of taking the opportunity to support the open scrutiny of AUKUS…
A House of Dynamite: should we be worried?

By Marianne Hanson, Co-Chair, ICAN Australia 11 November 2025 If there’s one message we should take away from Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s new film A House of Dynamite, it is this: nuclear weapons cannot keep us ‘safe’ indefinitely. Sooner or later, the kind of scenario depicted in Bigelow’s film will occur. Indeed, many…
Australia becomes a risk-taking ally

Al Palazzo, 11 November 2025 Published by The Interpreter, The Lowy Institute As Australians know, and as their government frequently reminds them, the foundation of the nation’s security is its long-standing alliance with the United States. Australia has honoured the intent of the alliance but has aimed to do so while incurring minimal risk and…
Getting away with murder: What happens in Australia if Israel gets away with genocide?

Dr Julie Macken, 30 October 2025 Yes, the first response to that question is rightly, who cares? It is Palestine and Palestinians who should be the focus of any such question. When it comes to Israel getting away with murder, it is Palestinians that have paid the price. That is increasingly self-evident as will be…
Arms industry infiltrates National Press Club, Michelle Fahy, 1 Nov 2025

More than a quarter of the National Press Club’s sponsors are part of the global arms industry or working on its behalf. The National Press Club of Australia lists 81 corporate sponsors on its website. Twenty-one of them (listed below) are either part of the global arms industry or actively working on its behalf. Ten…
Getting away with murder, by Dr Julie Maken

October 30, 2025 What happens in Australia if Israel gets away with genocide? Yes, the first response to that question is rightly, who cares? It is Palestine and Palestinians who should be the focus of any such question. When it comes to Israel getting away with murder, it is Palestinians that have paid the price.…
The Big Fix: Rebuilding Australia’s national security, by Albert Palazzo, Melbourne University Press, 2025.

An urgent call for a new Australian defence policy The character of war is constantly changing, and so too must the approach to national security. But Australia’s defence policy is broken. Successive governments have not approached the nation’s security with the intelligence, resoluteness and seriousness it requires. After more than 120 years of defence policy…