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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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The United Nations at 80 years
Can the UN survive its liquidity crisis with the US stepping back from its dues? How is China re-shaping the institution? Civilians suffer as conflicts rage from Gaza to South Sudan and Myanmar. Will the UN have a first woman elected as the new UN Secretary General? Our planet faces existential threats from the climate…
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Clearing Gaza rubble could yield 90,000 tonnes of planet heating emissions
Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter, The Guardian, Tue 22 Jul 2025 19.00 AEST Millions of tonnes of rubble left by Israel’s bombardment of Gaza could generate more than 90,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – and take as long as four decades to remove and process, a study has found. Israel’s destruction of Palestinian homes,…
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AUKUS is a $368 billion risk and the US is a chaotic partner. Australia needs a Plan B
Only the most naive still believe that America will come through on its side of the AUKUS deal. Luckily there is another way. Dr Albert Palazzo As the inherent risks of AUKUS become more apparent and as the United States sinks further into chaos there is a pressing need for Australia to recalibrate the foundation…
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APSF Submission to ANU National Security College Consultations on ‘Securing our Future’
The Australian Peace and Security Forum (APSF) is pleased to provide this submission for consideration of the ANU National Security College. Read more
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Rebuilding Australia’s National Security, Dr Albert Palazzo
First broadcast on ABC Radio Sydney, Wed 30 Jul 2025 at 10:00pm Australia’s defence outlook and the preparedness of our nation to adequately defend itself is currently under review and worth further discussion. Not only the AUKUS deal, but also climate change, factor into our strategic calculations for the next few decades. Nightlife is…
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Waking up the Snake: Ancient Wisdom for Regeneration
Anne Poelina, Bill Webb, Sandra Wooltorton and Naomi Joy Godden We are a collective of four Western Australians. Anne is a Yimardoowarra marnin: a Nyikina Indigenous woman who belongs to the Martuwarra Fitzroy River in the Kimberley (northwest) region. Bill is a Wardandi Noongar man who belongs to the southwest coastal region, where ‘wardan’ in…
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APSF submission to the inquiry by the UK House of Commons Defence Committee into AUKUS: An Australian perspective
The Australian Peace and Security Forum (APSF) is pleased to provide this submission on AUKUS for consideration of the UK Defence Committee.[1] An Australian perspective on AUKUS is relevant to the deliberations of the UK Defence Committee, not least because Australia is the ultimate recipient of the proposed AUKUS submarine capability. It is important that…