Labor Against War

Congratulations to the Makin FEC (Federal Electoral Council) in South Australia for passing our resolutions calling for an independent parliamentary inquiry and to remove AUKUS from the @australianlabor.bsky.social ALP National Platform.

Congratulations Box Hill branch of Victorian @australianlabor.bsky.social supporting LAW motions for an independent inquiry and to remove AUKUS from the ALP Platform.

Australia to make next billion-dollar AUKUS payment 'shortly', says minister Australia will make a second billion-dollar payment to boost U.S. nuclear submarine shipyards soon, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy said in Washington on Tuesday, ahead of an official visit by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese next week.

Good money after bad. Pat Conroy confirms next billion dollar payment of Australian taxpayer’s money to Trump’s Pentagon going ahead - even while US review of AUKUS is under way

Trump must be laughing all the way to the bank. Why would he ditch it?

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Congratulations and thank you Preston Branch @victorianlabor.bsky.social for making it clear that the ALP membership rejects AUKUS for the dangerous fraud it is

With Port Kembla a potential base for US nuclear subs, congratulations North Nowra & Bomaderry NSW ALP comrades on the NSW south coast for taking a clear stand against AUKUS.

Congratulations to Indi Federal Electoral Assembly in regional @victorianlabor.bsky.social, which has unanimously endorsed our motions for a parliamentary inquiry and to remove AUKUS from the @australianlabor.bsky.social national platform.

Hawthorn and Kew (@victorianlabor.bsky.social) ALP branches have endorsed Labor Against War call for a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS and to remove AUKUS from the @australianlabor.bsky.social National Platform.

'Serious nuclear incident' at Royal Navy base deemed 'Category A' threat The Ministry of Defence has admitted a 'serious nuclear incident' took place at HM Faslane Royal Navy base - the incident was deemed to be 'Category A'

There has been a 'Category A' serious nuclear incident at Falsane naval base in Scotland, the home to Britain's nuclear submarine fleet. Australia can't afford - financially or environmentally - to host US nuclear submarines through AUKUS. Quit AUKUS now.
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The ALP Federal Electoral Council for the seat of Sydney (the seat of @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social‬) has endorsed Labor Against War's call to remove AUKUS from the ALP National Platform and for a parliamentary inquiry.

Great to see our campaign against AUKUS getting support in regional NSW with support from Yass branch

Thank you Gippsland South branch in Victorian ALP, calling for an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.

Labor Against War Victoria convenor Hamish McPherson on Saturday outlining the new Victorian ALP policy on AUKUS:

- Full parliamentary inquiry
- Suspend all participation and payments to AUKUS pending inquiry
- Remove commitment to AUKUS from the ALP national platform

BREAKING: VICTORIAN ALP REJECTS AUKUS

Congratulations to Maritime Union of Australia First Nations Rank and File members for making their voice heard on AUKUS and nuclear weapons. Full motion in 🧵

Congratulations to Glebe NSW ALP branch for passing our motions calling for an independent inquiry into AUKUS and to remove AUKUS from the @australianlabor.bsky.social National Platform at conference next year.

‘Trends are worrying’: Incoming US naval boss sounds AUKUS warning The Pentagon, meanwhile, has confirmed Australia’s second $800 million payment to help the US build nuclear-powered submarines was made after Canberra became aware the AUKUS agreement was under review...

Incoming chief of US Navy operations says US nuke sub produciton “isn’t where it needs to be to make good on the AUKUS agreement”.

It’s either a shake down for more cash, or a US push to keep control of rotating subs

Either way, it’s time to sink AUKUS

www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

‘Noticeably fickle’: Trump’s new submarine chief a critic of Australia Jerry Hendrix, who leads a White House push to build more ships and submarines, has often questioned Australia’s commitment to AUKUS and its readiness to help the US fight China.

A ‘reliable ally’? Or a global power looking to leverage Australian geography to maintain its empire?
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Congratulations to Enmore branch in PM @albomp.bsky.social electorate for UNANIMOUSLY backing our motions calling for an inquiry and removing AUKUS from the ALP national platform.

Cancel AUKUS! Re-think defence. Assert independence! National Webinar to Launch Public Call to the Australian Government to Cancel AUKUS! Re-think defence. Assert independence!

DON’T MISS our National Patron Doug Cameron speaking Sunday (tomorrow) at the launch of IPAN campaign against AUKUS

Register: 👇
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If we go to war, submarines come too: How US could demand AUKUS changes Australia is facing the prospect of a Trump administration review demanding it pay more for the $368 billion AUKUS pact – and a guarantee that it supports the US in any conflict.

AUKUS was already a price too much to pay - politically and economically.

With Trump likely to put up cost and say the quiet part out loud insisting the subs form part of any war with China then @albomp.bsky.social has to dump AUKUS.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Congratulations Armidale branch on the NSW New England tableland for this week supporting our motion calling for an independent inquiry into AUKUS.

YouTube video by The Saturday Paper Is it time to get out of AUKUS?

Is it time for Australia to get out of AUKUS?

Worthwhile video analysis from @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Leichhardt branch NSW ALP in the Prime Minister’s electorate of Grayndler has passed our motion calling for an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS - and for the branch to make a submission to any inquiry calling for AUKUS to be scrapped.

‘You want to write that’:​ Wong dodges question on AUKUS ​​doubts The foreign minister emerged from a meeting with her US counterpart in Washington with no guarantee the Trump administration would continue the defence pact with Australia.

No guarantees from US Secretary of State AUKUS will proceed. But we can't afford to wait for AUKUS to fail (this year, next year, in 10 years). We need to change course and insist on an independent, anti-militarist, non-nuclear foreign and defence policy.
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Fantastic to see the Electrical Trades Union in QLD & NT calling for the Australian government to withdraw from AUKUS. The ACTU and the labour movement must get behind the campaign against militarism, for decent jobs that are for peace, not war.

Former SMH Foreign Editor Hamish McDonald argues the second-term @albomp.bsky.social Labor government should use this opportunity to kill the ‘AUKUS zombie’.

We in the rank and file couldn’t agree more.

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Australia’s submarine deal under scrutiny as global alliances shift Britain has called into question Australia’s nuclear submarines deal with the UK and the United States, as concerns are raised on the other side of the Atlantic about the continued reliability of the ...

The British Parliament has launched an inquiry into AUKUS. We hope a returned Albanese government will do the same as a step towards scrapping the dangerous and overpriced (in)security pact.

www.smh.com.au/world/europe...

With friends like Trump, who needs Aukus? ALP members are demanding an answer | Paul Daley The drums of Labor dissent are beating. Compounded by new US tariffs, they’ll get louder if Albanese is returned on 3 May

ALP dissent over AUKUS in @australia.theguardian.com today

"The drums of Labor dissent on AUKUS are beating. Compounded by US tariffs, they’ll get louder if Albanese is returned on 3 May."

Too bloody right!

Thanks to our patron Doug Cameron for standing up!
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Our message for a second-term Labor Government to scrap AUKUS is loud and clear as reported here by Isobel Roe from ABC News