Government is being run by spooks – Paul Keating, former Labor Prime Minister of Australia.
Local Peace activists protest the ALP Government upcoming budget, predicted to have an obsession with guns before butter.
Introduction of the protest. (0:00)
Protest against military spending in the budget.
Presentation of the budget by jim chalmers.
Just Peace letter to the Treasurer.
Letter from local peace group, just peace. Letter from just peace in Brisbane. The importance of being an independent and secure nation.
A young man from Pakistan.
What are they going to do with the uranium?
What to do with the uranium.
The American and the British nuclear deal.
A lot of the money is not going into Ukraine.
The escalation of antagonism towards china.
The difference between science and renewable energy.
The QCU.
Meetings to discuss social policy at the Queensland Council of Unions.
Social policy, public housing, unemployment and poverty.
Satellites by jumping fences.
The protest and delivery of letter to the Treasurer will be presented at Jim Chalmers office at Logan on Tuesday 9 May 2023 at 11am. Activists welcome others to attend the protest.
Peace activists protest military budget
Summary of concerns with militarism
- Military spending worldwide exceeds $2T
- Australian annual defence budget approaches $50B
- Projected military expenditure to soar on nuclear submarines, missiles aircraft and naval vessels
- Homelessness, Health and Environment being sidelined supporting the US alliance
The protest supporting the International Campaign Global Days of Action on Military Spending will join actions around the world.
According to an ABC report, the federal government won’t set a minimum overall spending target tied to GDP. But Defence Minister Richard Marles said spending on Australia’s defence is certain to increase in the nextdecade, over and above spending increases already committed to by the previous government.
The government will spend $19 billion implementing the proposals from the Defence Strategic Review, though it will recoup some of those costs through $7.8 billion of downgraded and scrapped projects. That cost will be on top of the $270 billion price tag the former government placed on defence in 2020 for the decade ahead, which included employing thousands more workers, more potent strike weapons and cyber capabilities. On top of that was the deal struck with the United States and the United Kingdom for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, which will cost up to $368 billion over the next 30 years.
“Brisbane’s tent cities of the homeless now resemble those in Los Angeles, an indictment on our government” said Annette Brownlie, Spokesperson for Just Peace Qld.
“Shamefully it is now almost impossible to find a bulkbilling GP, an historic Medicare achievement by former Labor Governments now being diminished” she said
In a letter from Just Peace Inc. to be presented to Mr Chalmers on Tuesday we state:
At this perilous historical moment, more than ever we need mutual trust, diplomacy and cooperation. We need a national culture that values justice, integrity, caring and courage, a culture rooted in appreciation of the need for shared wellbeing of all Australians. That’s why we need our Australian government to spend the nation’s money – our money – in ways that best support these objectives. Only with wise, community-focussed government action can the actions of Australian citizens contribute most effectively to national – and international – wellbeing. We must trust that you will do your best for us.
Redirect military spending to community wellbeing now. Thank you.
Media Inquiries: Annette Brownlie Just Peace Committee member : 0431 597256