Canberra citizens are planning a Gathering for Peace on Anzac Parade on Remembrance Day, to stand in silent commemoration of those Australians and others who suffered the horrors of World War 1, with the message “Honour Them – Promote Peace”. However the National Capital Authority is denying permission for such a gathering. In response to […]
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Australia has failed to invest in peace, rather than scourge of war
Full marks for Stephanie Dowrick’s article “War — what is it good for?” (July 21, Forum p10). Dowrick rightly identifies Australia’s failure to invest financially in peace rather than war. Our funding for diplomacy has been slashed, while funding for war sky-rockets. The poor old weapons industry even gets a leg-up with government subsidies, despite […]
Should arms dealers really be funding the Australian War Memorial?
To hear Brendan Nelson tell it, arms manufacturers have a patriotic duty to fund the Australian War Memorial. It’s about “completing the loop”, he says. And it’s certainly not crass. “You need to know that the man on behalf of BAE Systems with whom I negotiated the sponsorship of our theatre, the BAE Systems Theatre, […]
How the Australian War Memorial has lost its way
Australians do not “remember, interpret and understand the Australian experience of war”. Perhaps such an understanding in the case of the Frontier Wars might raise extremely uncomfortable questions about the implications for modern day Australia and our approach to warfare, or perhaps a focus on the Frontier Wars against the first people of Australia simply […]
The Drum with Carolyn Holbrook –
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-22/the-drum-tuesday-may-22/9788900 Host: Ellen Fanning Panel: Kerry Chikarovski, Margo Kingston, Michael Biercuk and Paul Bongiorno Interview with: Dr Carolyn Holbrook The panel discusses Pauline Hanson’s decision to withdraw support for the Coalition’s company tax cuts, the scrutiny over Australian War Memorial’s operations, and the landmark ruling against Archbishop Philip Wilson. Starts at 20:38, for 16 mins
War Memorial should ditch weapons manufacturers: Anti war organisation – by Sally Whyte, Canberra Times, 21 May 2018
In this article, published in the Canberra Times and the Age on 21 May 2018, Dr Sue Wareham OAM, (MAPW National President) explains why Australia’s national war memorial should promote peace and refuse financial sponsorship from war profiteerers such as BAE Systems. You can read the text of the article below, or click here to access […]