Australian weapons sales

Sue Bolton argues that the Victorian Premier鈥檚 announcement that 鈥渟trong action鈥 is supposedly needed 鈥渢o fight hate鈥 is a declaration of war against all supporters of free speech and the right to protest.

Standing strong and peaceful against police violence, September 11

Photos from the three days of protests against the 2024 Land Forces arms exhibition in Naarm/Melbourne.

Labor pretends to support a ceasefire on Gaza, but as Sue Bull argues, it has refused to take concrete steps to sanction Israel. It is therefore helping give Israel the political cover聽it needs to continue its now nearly nine-month genocide.

The Blockade Ferra campaign prevented all deliveries from going in or out

The Ferra Engineering factory in Magan-djin/Brisbane was one of several targets of an internationally coordinated day of disruptive action against genocidal Israel on April 15.聽Alex Bainbridge reports.

protest outside parliament house

Less than a month after Lee Jong-sup was appointed South Korea's (RoK's) ambassador to Australia, he was forced to resigned on March 29, amidst protests in South Korea and Australia. Seona Cho, an activist with Melbourne Candlelight Action, explains the background to this scandal and its links to the growing ties between US, Australian and South Korean arms manufacturers.

'Ferra spreads terror', January 24 picket at Ferra Engineering

Pro-Palestine activists picketed a聽Ferra Engineering factory聽to protest its provision of weapons components to Israel.聽Alex Bainbridge reports.

As part of AUKUS, United States and Britain will be exempt from Labor's new rules governing weapons' manufacturing and sales. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Approximately 500 people gathered at the Darwin Esplanade to demand Labor聽calls for an immediate ceasefire.聽Stephen W Enciso reports.

Researchers and human rights activists say the public has a right to know about Australia鈥檚 export of聽arms material to Israel, especially as they are being used to kill Palestinian civilians. Peter Boyle reports.

Hundreds participated in a multi-faceted protest outside the Land Forces weapons expo over October 4鈥6. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Uncle Kevin Buzzacott of the Arabunna Nation. Photo: Disrupt Land Force/Facebook

Standing up against the war profiteers at the Land Forces exhibition in Brisbane was a rainbow coalition of First Nations peoples, peace, climate and human rights defenders. Alex Bainbridge, Jim McIlroy and Steffi Leedham report.

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull was keen for Australia to become a top military equipment exporter and committed billions to a loan scheme for arms manufacturers. Suzanne James investigates.