Global military spending has surged, according to the latest Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) research released on April 22, reports Kerry Smith.
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Stop AUKUS WA and Walyalup Climate Action protested聽the Labor government鈥檚 enormous AUKUS military spending. Alex Salmon听补苍诲 Leonie Lundie 谤别辫辞谤迟.听
Labor鈥檚 threat to slash-and-burn NDIS funding gives the lie to Jim聽Chalmers鈥 claim that the budget would offer 鈥渕ore help for some of the most vulnerable in our community鈥, argues Graham Matthews.
The world鈥檚 total military expenditure surpassed $2.24 trillion last year, with Europe recording its steepest rise in the past three decades, reports Peoples Dispatch.
Brian Toohey, Alison Broinowski and Vince Scappatura will take part in a webinar hosted by聽the Australian Anti-AUKUS Coalition on March 26. Bevan Ramsden reports.
Two controversial German figures, Sarah Wagenknecht and Alice Schwarzer, released a Peace Manifesto on February 10, which gathered close to half a million of signatures in less than a week, reports Sibylle Kaczorek.
Not only are we being told to prepare for war with China, but to expect it.听It鈥檚 the stuff of nightmares, writes Sam Wainwright.
The billions of聽dollars聽wasted on military spending听补苍诲聽tax cuts for the rich should be used to fund renewables,聽argues聽Peter Boyle.听
Global military spending rose last year to more than US$2.8 trillion, an average of more than $8.1 billion every day, according to聽the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Kerry Smith reports.
Since becoming the minister for offence, Peter Dutton has used every opportunity to spruik Australia鈥檚 鈥渘eed鈥 to prepare for war against China. ANZAC Day provided another opening for the hawk. Pip Hinman reports.
A tidal wave of outrage followed the Solomon Islands and China signing a security deal. Missing in the fury is a recognition that the Solomon Islands is聽a sovereign state, argues聽William Briggs.
The integrated nature of the world's economies means that it is a fiction that national budgets are divorced from the global setting,聽William Briggs explains.
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