Australia / Just War Theory / Military spending / Nuclear Weapons / Pax Christi Australia / Pax Christi Australia (NSW) / Pax Christi Australia VIC / Peace Groups

Rally at Electro Optic Systems Head Office, Elizabeth Street, Sydney August 8, 2019

This rally takes place every second Thursday of the month in opposition to their support for Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates in the war on Yemen. Notes from Fr Claude Mostowik's speech: In the eyes of some war making is sacrosanct. Pope Francis: Countries that sell arms have no right to talk about peace. In April he said that…

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August 12, 2019
Australia / Militarism in the Pacific / Military spending / Pax Christi Australia / Pax Christi Australia (NSW) / Pax Christi Australia VIC / Peace Groups

No ! to US Missiles in Australia !Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) Media Release

MEDIA RELEASE               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6th August 2019 No ! to joining the U.S. in a battle with China ! “The suggestion that the Northern Territory should be host to American intermediate-range missiles, floated by U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, at the recent AUSMIN conference in Sydney must be immediately and totally…

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August 8, 2019
Aboriginal affairs / Australia / Pax Christi Australia (NSW) / Pax Christi Australia VIC

Truth-telling: 80% say past injustices against Indigenous people should be recognised

A biennial report shows attitudes shifting in support of key aims of the reconciliation movement Ben Smee The Guardian February 11, 2019 Four out of five survey respondents supported a formal truth-telling process to acknowledge past injustices against First Nations people. Photograph: Glenn Hunt/EPA An overwhelming majority of Australians support a formal ‘truth telling’ process to acknowledge past injustices against…

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February 17, 2019
Australia

Public Lecture: Make Australia Great Again or Make the Planet Great Again?

Lecture topic: Make Australia Great Again or Make the Planet Great Again? Is it one or the other, or both, or neither? Speaker: A talk and discussion with Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri. When: Monday 14 August, 5.00pm - 7.00pm Where: Carslaw Lecture Room 179, University of Sydney. Organised by: Jointly presented by the University of Sydney’s Department of Peace and…

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August 12, 2017