Dr Sue Wareham gave this speech at Adelaide's Festival of Peace and Remembrance on 9 November 2008. Dr Wareham launched a statement signed by 36 diverse organisations, calling for governments to cease supporting arms exhibitions, and to support industries that promote wellbeing; and launched 12 new fact sheets on the global weapons trade, and spoke about human suffering caused by wars. (See "resources" on this website for the fact sheets, and the statement and list of signatories).

This full-page advertisement in the Western Australian on 11/11/2008 (Armistice Day) was developed by MAPW's WA Branch, and former Premier Peter Dowding. It questions Australia's spending on overseas wars, in particular Afghanistan, and calls for our troops to be brough home. It would also make a fine poster.

ICANi submission to the 2008 Defence White Paper. This paper argues that Australia must work consistently for nuclear abolition through a nuclear weapons convention;  and adopt a nuclear weapon free defence posture.

Submission prepared by MAPW President Sue Wareham to the Defence White Paper, covering issues raised by Dr Wareham during the community consultation around the Defence Department's discussion paper, Key Questions for Defence in the 21st Century. MAPW recommendations include strengthening the United Nations and international law; adopting a truly defensive (rather than offensive) policy; recognising global poverty and climate change as major security threats; and withdrawing from participation in nuclear-war related activities.

The Asia-Pacific region is the fastest growing market for armaments in the world. This fact sheet describes the connection between conflict in the region, and Australia's past arms exports. It is No 2 in a series on the global weapons trade.

This fact sheet looks at military budgets, major arms exporting countries, and the comparative costs of human health and welfare. It is No 4 in a series on the global weapons trade.

Article by MAPW President Sue Wareham, OAM, from the Adelaide Advertiser, May 2, 2008.

The Asia Pacific Defence and Security Exhibition (APDSE) is an arms fair. It will be held in Adelaide from 11-13 November 2008. It provides military companies from all over the world with an opportunity to display and sell their latest war fighting machinery. It opens, inappropriately, on Remembrance Day. This introductory flyer sets out some basic facts.

In Dublin between 19 May and 28 May, 110 governments negotiated a new international treaty, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, that will ban cluster munitions that “cause unacceptable harm to civilians”. The treaty bans all the cluster munitions that have been extensively used. This article by Dr Mark Zirnsak, National Coordinator for the Australian Network to Ban Landmines, analyses the outcome, and the Australian government's role.

Flyer for alternative Anzac Day gathering, Friday morning 25 April in East Melbourne. Brief presentations followed by light lunch.

Former Australian Ambassador and author of Fact or Fission - the Truth About Australia's Nuclear Ambitions, Professor Richard Broinowski gives an overview of the links between nuclear technologies and proliferations risks, and the challenges these pose. Paper presented at the 2000 MAPW National Conference.

This 2004 report by MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham argues that the health and welfare of Australians have been sacrificed by policies that confuse security with military power, and divert funding from health care to killing. It compares in detail the Australian budget for military and other needs.

Dr Rae-Wen Chang's 2007 paper discusses effects of recent conflicts on the health of the Iraqi population. A well referenced and comprehensive overview. Recommended reading.