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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…
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MEDIA RELEASE: World Environment Day, 5 June 2025
Climate disruption is undermining the health, security and the future of Australians Rising global temperatures are heating the oceans and atmosphere leading to record breaking flooding in Eastern Australia while parts of South Australia and Victoria are suffering from prolonged drought. Extreme weather is leaving thousands without homes and livelihoods, according to a report –…
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CONFIRMED: AUSTRALIAN WEAPONS SOLD TO ISRAEL
With the Federal government covering for them, a Canberra-based company has supplied lethal weapons to a country accused of war crimes and genocide. by Michelle Fahy | 26 Apr, 2025 The Australian counter-drone weapons system seen at a weapons demonstration in Israel recently is actually just one of a few that were sold by the…
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Security without submarines: the military Strategy Australia should pursue instead of AUKUS
The Conversation – 21 April 2025. For more than a century, Australia has followed the same defence policy: dependence on a great power. This was first the United Kingdom and then the United States. Without properly considering other options, successive federal governments have intensified this policy with the AUKUS agreement and locked Australia into dependency…
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‘Are peace and democracy on life support?’
Webinar, Tuesday 15 April, 6 – 7pm AEST Recent elections have raised deep concerns not only about the future of democracy but also the peace and security for millions of people across the world. We face an uncertain and challenging future with a frightening new arms race funded by slashing aid to the poorest and…
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Does China threaten Australia’s future peace and security? Dr Vince Scappatura
APSF Webinar 18 February 2025 – transcipt Introduction The topic and question for tonight’s webinar is, Does China threaten Australia’s future peace and security? It’s an important question that has dominated Australia’s national security discourse for almost a decade now – if not longer – and I’m grateful to be given the opportunity tonight to…
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Why we need a peace and security strategy
By Michael Walker An episode of the Five Minute Advocate, aired on community radio on 25 March 2025. APSF Board member Dr Michael Walker speaks about the Office of National Intelligence’s Climate Risk Assessment that has never been released to the public and the need for public involvement and even citizens assemblies in shaping the…
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Australia-China relations: A question of trust
By Jocelyn Chey Let’s restore the trust in China that we once enjoyed. This was the key message I presented to an online forum titled Does China Threaten Australia’s Peace and Security hosted by the Australian Peace and Security Forum on 18 March. Following is a condensed version of my talk. In December 1960, the…
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Webinar, ‘Constructive engagement with China’, 6pm, Tuesday 18 March, 2025.
Our government is apparently seeing China as a threat in the Asia Pacific region, hence our $375 billion AUKUS agreement with the US and UK. But is China really a threat to Australia or the region? How do other countries in the region view China and our agreement with the USA? What are our options?’…