Yearly Archives: 2018
Military spending

Destruction of Australian War Sales Catalogue event held in Sydney 30 June 2018

A public rally to protest against the Coalition government's Defence Export Strategy and the Australian Military Sales Catalogue took place on June 30 outside the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney’s CBD. Below is an extract from one of the speeches. "By this public destruction of the Australian Military Sales Catalogue today, we symbolically protest against the Government spending $3.8 billion…

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16 July 2018
Aboriginal affairs

NAIDOC Week – 8 to 15 July 2018

A 'Reflection' presented by Peter Griffin (Pax Christi NSW) at St Vincent’s Church in Redfern, Sunday 8 July 2018. Good Morning. As we gather today, let us bring to mind that we are on Aboriginal land. It is not easy for non-Aboriginal people to appreciate the difference between owning land and being owned by the land. The difference is between…

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10 July 2018
War and Remembrance

ANZAC Day Reflection in Sydney – 25 April 2018

'Richardson's Lookout - Marrickville Peace Park' was the location for this year's Anzac Day Reflection in Sydney organised by Gallipoli Centenary Peace Campaign (GCPC*). The event attracted over 50 people who came together to pay tribute to Australian soldiers killed during WWI and other wars that Australia has engaged in. This includes all Indigenous Australians who served in these wars,…

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29 April 2018