Australia's arms industry

Background notes for Remembrance Day letters 2011

Written 09/11/2011

Background notes for letters to media, around 11 November 2011. Prepared by MAPW. Note that these are in draft format and are not a finished publication.

Notes for Remembrance Day letters.doc

MAPW speaks at protest against Defence and Industry

Written 30/06/2011

MAPW's SA branch co-ordinator Dr Amanda Ruler spoke at a protest held in response to a Defence and Industry conference and expo being held at the Adelaide convention centre.

The conference ran from the 27 - 30 of June.

A full transcript of the speech is available here.

Protest against SA Govt defence plans

Event Date:

Wed, 01/07/2009 - 13:00 - 14:00

Location:

Adelaide

In protest against the State Governments wish to make South Australia into "the defence state of Australia", a singing protest has been organised by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (SA).

MAPW: Defence policy ignores public opinion

Written 17/06/2009

An MAPW analysis of community submissions on the 2009 Defence White Paper confirms that the report on these submissions ignored a widespread call for peace-making to take priority over military approaches to Australia's security.

MAPW response, Community Consultation report, Defence White Paper: updated June 2009

Written 17/06/2009

MAPW took seriously the offer to participated in the Defence Department's Community Consultation leading up to the 2009 Defence White Paper.

2009-06-10_SW-NA_defence_review_response_UPDATED.doc

Analysis, submissions to Community Consultation, Defence White Paper: MAPW 2009

Written 17/06/2009

MAPW staff and volunteers undertook to read submissions made to the 2009 Community Consultation, after they were referred to dismissively by the Panel's report.

submissions summary 09.06.10_NA.doc

Defence Minister Fitzgibbon and conflict of interest

Written 09/06/2009

Following the resignation of Joel Fitzgibbon as Defence Minister, this letter from MAPW EO Nancy Atkin was published in the The Age:

Joel Fitzgibbon has stood down over conflicts of interest. But his failure to understand such conflicts was already clear in the Minister’s handling of the Defence White Paper process.

Australia's Defence - where are we headed? June 2009

Written 21/05/2009

A joint discussion with MAPW and the Nautilus Institute (RMIT University) about the Defence White Paper and Australia's future military and nuclear power policies.

2009-06-11_Defence_Flyer.pdf

MAPW reply: Defence White Paper Community Consultation - April 2009

Written 29/04/2009

MAPW took seriously the offer to participated in the Defence Department's Community Consultation leading up to the 2009 Defence White Paper.

2009-04-29_SW_-_defence_review_response.pdf

Defence Consultation shows major bias: MAPW

Written 23/04/2009

On Wednesday 15 April, the Department of Defence released the report on its Defence White Paper Community Consultation: Looking over the horizon: Australians consider defence.