Why does Australia even need new submarines?

19 Apr 2016 | Why are we we building a new fleet of incredibly costly military submarines that will almost ...  

As tensions rise in the South China Sea, could this be the solution?

14 Apr 2016 | The Chinese military raise the stakes in the South China Sea by sending fighter jets to its ...  

The 2016 Defence White Paper: A missed opportunity

10 Mar 2016 | The 2016 Defence White Paper harks back to a bygone era of Cold War tactics and containment ...  

More ill-informed Russia bashing by Hartcher in the SMH

19 Feb 2016 | Russia bashing has become a favourite mainstream media sport, bolstered by Russia's entry in the ...  

Minister defends Abbott's wasteful war museum boondoggle

21 Jan 2016 | After copping criticism about the $100 million war museum in France (including from the prime ...  

Commercialisation and the casualness of going to war

14 Jan 2016 | John Menadue calls for an end to the commercialisation of Gallipoli and Anzac, to put the drums ...  

Is there a legal basis for bombing Syria? Crowdfund an FOI and find out!

19 Nov 2015 | Does Turnbull's push for a "political" settlement signal that issues facing Syria are not so noble ...  

Sending F18s to Syrian battlezone a dumb idea

20 Sep 2015 | After pressuring Obama to 'invite' Australia to join U.S. air strikes in Syria in time for the ...  

Bombing Syria smells like a khaki election, Mr Abbott

4 Sep 2015 | It is clear that if Abbott commits to military engagement in Syria, he will be perverting a noble ...  

The horror of Hiroshima and the bomb: 70 years on

4 Aug 2015 | On Thursday, it will be 70 years since America dropped its first nuclear bomb on Japan — and ...  

Massive Pine Gap expansion: Snowden leak

19 Jun 2015 | The Abbott Government has repeatedly refused to comment on specific disclosures on Pine Gap leaked ...  

The Allies at Gallipoli: Defeat in 1915, Disgrace in 2015

10 Apr 2015 | On 24 April 1915, Turkey arrested and murdered hundreds of Armenians as part of a genocide. ...  

The new Pig Iron Bob: Submarine Tony

11 Feb 2015 | By sending our submarine building industry to Japan, Tony Abbott is following in a rich conserv ...  

Tony Abbott's war against veterans

10 Dec 2014 | The Government's cruel and vicious war against Australia's veterans and their families needs to ...  

Wattle on green attacks

7 Nov 2014 | Australian governments are deliberately contributing to the deaths, suicide, homelessness, dome ...  

Abbott's "tow backs" are a recipe for disaster

29 Jul 2013 | Recent tragedies at sea further underline the recklessness of Tony Abbott's "tow back" policy ...  

Tony Abbott's Landing Helicopter Crock

15 Apr 2013 | Tony Abbott says the Government has taken $21 billion out of Defence spending and shipyards are in ...  

Token payout to Afghani parents threatens Aussie soldiers

6 Mar 2013 | Is the Australian government’s offer of “hundreds, not thousands” of dollars to grieving ...