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18/06/2026

Australia’s defence budget is set to nearly double over the next decade, while peace research, diplomacy and conflict prevention remain underfunded despite being essential to reducing the risk of war.

Australia’s defence budget is set to nearly double over the next decade, while peace research, diplomacy and conflict prevention remain underfunded despite being essential to reducing the risk of war.

17/06/2026

A fragile US-Iran agreement may end a war that failed to topple Tehran or destroy its nuclear capacity, leaving Iran with greater regional leverage, Israel exposed and Washington facing hard questions about what the conflict achieved.

A fragile US-Iran agreement may end a war that failed to topple Tehran or destroy its nuclear capacity, leaving Iran with greater regional leverage, Israel exposed and Washington facing hard questions about what the conflict achieved.

17/06/2026

Is this what you voted for?
"The US military is planning a permanent war-ready weapons stockpile for its marine corps on Australia's southeast coast beyond the range of most Chinese missiles"

The massive buildup of weapons is part of an Asia-wide regional defence strategy to counter the rise of China.

16/06/2026

"In the absence of a parliamentary inquiry to interrogate a policy of this scale, the Public Inquiry into AUKUS provides a platform for all Australians to ask questions, safe in the knowledge that they will be listened to."

A Commissioner on the Public Inquiry into AUKUS responds to Waleed Aly's view that the inquiry will have no impact.

15/06/2026

This is exactly why we urgently need War Powers Reform.
"Donald Trump’s former defence secretary Mark Esper says the US President would expect Australia to fight China over Taiwan alongside the US."

Donald Trump’s former defence secretary Mark Esper says the US President would expect Australia to fight China over Taiwan alongside the US.

15/06/2026

The two men entered the war with Iran as partners, launching strikes against the regime more than 107 days ago.

But as the president tried to wrap it up, the pair were increasingly at odds about the next steps, and Netanyahu has learnt that the support of the United States isn't as unconditional as it may often be portrayed, particularly if it risks getting in the way of something Trump has his mind set on.

As Donald Trump was trying to push his Iran deal over the line, Benjamin Netanyahu bombed Beirut, showing once again the Israeli prime minister has other priorities.

14/06/2026

"Earth’s Greatest Enemy" reveals a hidden truth behind the climate crisis: the role of the United States military as the world’s largest institutional polluter, tracing the link between war, empire and ecological destruction.

Earth’s Greatest Enemy, directed by radical journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin and ex-GI Mike Prysner, reveals a hidden truth behind the climate crisis, writes Jim McIlroy.

13/06/2026

Even supporters of the broad thrust of the AUKUS trilateral security agreement were unsettled by the secrecy surrounding its development and the short-term political manoeuvring embedded in its genesis.

Demanding a response within 24 hours, the Morrison government clearly hoped to wedge Labor in the lead-up to the 2022 election, intending to portray any reluctance to endorse the proposal as evidence that the ALP could not be trusted with Australia’s national security.

Labor’s swift and poorly considered decision to endorse the agreement meant there was no serious debate ahead of the election. Both major parties committed us to AUKUS before any independent, informed public scrutiny and debate were possible, and both are now apparently unwilling to entertain any doubts about the deal.

Secrecy in policy development is rarely justified – and it certainly isn’t for AUKUS, our eye-wateringly expensive defence deal with the US and UK.

13/06/2026

Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking. If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?

If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?

12/06/2026

Dear AWPR Supporter

We need you to help strengthen our work for democracy, transparency and accountability on what Australia does militarily.

As we come to the end of the financial year our already modest budget is under significant pressure.

AWPR does not receive any government assistance or grants and our work is mostly undertaken by a dedicated team of volunteers. We only have one paid, very part time campaigner.

Please donate what you can to ensure our work continues.

Read about the four issues we have been campaigning on here: https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=6cf1431b2b23f68dc41d9e559&id=db48bb0aa5