News wrap: 20 August 2024
A brief wrap of MAPW news and events.
Tag Gaza
MAPW, HSAPW call for UniMelb to Drop Actions Against Students
In a letter to the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor, MAPW and HSAPW call for disciplinary action against students involved in activism for Gaza be dropped.
Transparency? Melbourne University Disclosures on Weapons Links Stir More Questions
Student protestors forced UniMelb to disclose information - but is the picture complete?
ARENA Magazine: Class Warfare
ARENA mag carries Dr Jenny Ground's piece on weapons companies in Education.
Advocacy to Ahpra on Practitioner’s Rights and Obligations
Since November 2023, MAPW has been engaging with Ahpra to defend health practitioners' right to advocate for people in Gaza.
Attacks on Rafah ‘safe zone’ are abhorrent
People in Gaza have been systematically and forcibly displaced at a mass scale, repeatedly ‘evacuated’ through ‘safe routes’ into ‘humanitarian zones’ where – rather than being protected - they have been subjected to attack.
Environmental effects of war on Gaza
Mounting evidence suggests Israel has conducted intentional, indiscriminate, and disproportionate attacks against the environment in Gaza.
Minister Wong: take meaningful action on Gaza
Australia must impose consequences for breaches of ICJ orders, international laws.
Statement on Gaza, 20 March 2024
There is nothing in recent memory that matches the scale of the atrocities being inflicted on the civilians of Gaza, who appear to be being punished for their very existence.
Senior Paediatricians and Child Health Experts Appeal: Stop the War on Children in Gaza
MAPW endorses a call from distinguished paediatricians and child health professionals.