Suspended for Providing Balanced News on Ukraine
An editor at Radio New Zealand has been suspended and is under investigation for the time-honored practices of providing balanced and factual reporting, writes Tony Kevin.
AUKUS, Congress and Cold Feet
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The undertakings made by Australia regarding the AUKUS security pact promise to be monumental. Much of this is negative: increased militarisation on the home front;…
Fabian Scheidler: Why the Release of Julian Assange Is Crucial for Our Future
This is a speech delivered by Fabian Scheidler at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on World Press Freedom Day.
Australian PM ‘Frustrated’ With US Over Assange
The Australian prime minister told ABC, “I share the frustration. I can’t do more than make very clear what my position is,” that a diplomatic solution to Assange’s case must…
US, UK, Australia Unveil AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Deal
By David DeCamp / Antiwar.com On Monday, the US, Britain, and Australia unveiled their plans to develop nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS, a military pact the three countries signed in September…
US Navy Wants to Turn Australia Into a Full-Service Submarine Hub
By David DeCamp / Antiwar.com The US Navy wants a full-service submarine hub in Australia that can oversee all underwater activity in the Asia Pacific, including production and repairs, Defense…
John Pilger: The Betrayers of Julian Assange
By John Pilger This is an abridged version of an address by John Pilger in Sydney on 10 March to mark the launch in Australia of Davide Dormino’s sculpture of…
Murdoch Propaganda Readies Australia for War With China
Anyone who’s paying attention knows the behavior of the U.S. war machine is as relevant to Australians as it is to Americans, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Australia’s B-52 Nuclear Weapons Problem
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch It is not farfetched to make the point that delivery systems capable of deploying nuclear weapons will lead to them carrying those very same weapons.…
Could Julian Assange Be Released in Two Months?
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter As the new year began, ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons stated during a broadcast segment that he expected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would…
Nothing Good Will Come From the New Cold War With Australia as a Frontline State
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 15 November 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country…
‘So Irresponsible’: US Condemned for Warning Australia Against Joining Anti-Nuclear Treaty
Australia "should not face intimidation from so-called allies under the auspices of defense cooperation," said one advocate.
‘Political Fix’ Needed for WikiLeaks’ Assange—Lawyer
By Reuters SYDNEY (Reuters) – A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said an “urgent political fix” is needed in his case because legal appeals against his extradition to the…
From NATO to AUKUS: The West Has Nukes Everywhere
A loophole opens the door for Australia to be supplied with submarines capable of using nuclear weapons and China doesn't like it.
World BEYOND War Volunteers to Reproduce “Offensive” Peace Mural
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War A talented artist in Melbourne, Australia, has been in the news for painting a mural of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers hugging — and…