In 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the AUKUS partnership. A central element of this agreement is Australia's plan to acquire up to eight nuclear-powered submarines at an estimated cost of $368+ billion over 30 years — announced without prior public consultation or a parliamentary vote.
The webinar series, organised by the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law & Development (APWLD), highlights the diversion of national budgets toward military spending at the expense of essential social services, while noting that a small fraction of global military expenditure could address hunger, vaccination, climate adaptation and education needs.
You are invited to an evening with UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti & Dr Ruth Mitchell, a renowned neurosurgeon with recent experience in Palestine, for a critical public presentation on the devastating impact of the ongoing genocide in Palestine on its youngest victims, children.
