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URL:https://austpeaceandsecurityforum.org.au/events/webinar-6pm-aedt-tuesd
 ay-11-february-australias-peace-and-security-will-aukus-make-us-safer/
SUMMARY:APSF Webinar\, 6pm AEDT\, Tuesday 11 February\, Australia's Peace a
 nd Security: Will AUKUS make us safer?
DESCRIPTION:Australia’s Peace and Security:  Will AUKUS make us safer?\n
 \nWebinar - Tuesday 11 February 2025\, at 6-7pm AEDT on Zoom \n\nWhat are
  the prospects and consequences of nuclear war? Is Australia likely to be 
 targeted in a nuclear war? What more can Australia do to maintain our regi
 on as a nuclear-free zone? Does our current relationship with the United S
 tates enhance or endanger our security? Will AUKUS make us more secure? Ho
 w should Australia navigate the growing US-China contestation? How feasibl
 e is Australia’s current defence strategy of ‘deterrence through denia
 l’?\n\nOur MC and speakers are:\n\nMC\, Prof Penny D Sackett\, APSF Boar
 d member\n\nPenny D Sackett is a Distinguished Honorary Professor\, ANU In
 stitute for Climate\, Energy &amp\; Disaster Solutions. She was the former
  Chief Scientist of Australia\, 2008-11\, providing independent advice to 
 the Australian government on matters of science and innovation\, and was a
  vocal champion of evidenced-based decision making. Penny was Director of 
 the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics for five years\, and
  also responsible for the management of Mount Stromlo Observatory in ACT a
 nd Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran\, NSW. She is often called a
 s an expert witness in climate court cases. https://austpeaceandsecurityfo
 rum.org.au/about/\n\nMelissa Parke\, Executive Director ICAN\, Luck is not
  a strategy to avoid nuclear war. \n\n Melissa is a former Australian Min
 ister for International Development and former Member of Parliament for th
 e Australian Labor Party for Fremantle from 2007 to 2016. As an MP\, she r
 egularly voiced support for nuclear disarmament\, including as a member of
  a cross-party parliamentary group dedicated to the cause. She has also be
 en an ambassador for ICAN Australia and has served as a patron of the To
 m Uren Memorial Fund\, which supports ICAN's work. https://www.icanw.org/m
 elissa_parke\n\nAllan Behm\, Advisor International &amp\; Security Affairs
  Program\, The Australia Institute\, AUKUS\, the Australia-US alliance and
  regional security.\n\nAllan Behm specialises in international and securit
 y policy development\, political and security risk evaluation\, policy ana
 lysis and development\, and negotiating the policy/politics interface. Fol
 lowing a career spanning nearly thirty years in the Australian Public Serv
 ice\, he was Chief of Staff to Minister for Climate Change and Industry Gr
 eg Combet (2009 to 2013) and senior advisor to the Shadow Minister for For
 eign Affairs\, Senator Penny Wong (2017-19). His most recent book\, The Od
 d Couple\, examines the nature of the Australian-American alliance. https:
 //australiainstitute.org.au/expert/allan-behm/\n\nMajor General Michael G 
 Smith AO (Retd)\, APSF Board member.  AUKUS\, China and Australia’s mil
 itary strategy of deterrence through denial.\n\nMajor General Smith served
  for 34 years in the Australian Defence Force\, including serving in Papua
  New Guinea\, Cambodia and Timor-Leste.  His civilian career was as CEO o
 f Austcare (now Action Aid Australia)\, founding Executive Director of the
  Australian Civil-Military Centre\, and service with the United Nations in
  Libya\, Myanmar\, Nepal\, and Yemen. Mike is the Development Advisor for 
 the Calleo Indigenous Community Fund\, Chair of the Gallipoli Scholarship 
 Fund\, a Non-executive Director of the Institute for Economics and Peace a
 nd the Australian Respiratory Council. He is a past National President of 
 the United Nations Association of Australia.   https://austpeaceandsecur
 ityforum.org.au/about/\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;
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 -survival-and-the-us-alliance
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