In line with Quakers Australia 2023 Public Statement on AUKUS, Defence and Public Policy as well as the Quaker Peace Testimony, we share the following from the Australia Institute…
“Australia has an opportunity to get out of the AUKUS security pact. We should take it.
The Trump Administration has announced a review of AUKUS, joining the UK in reviewing the joint security pact. Australia now has a real chance to escape this disastrous deal, which has not been properly scrutinised by the Australian Parliament.
AUKUS ties us ever closer to an increasingly volatile and aggressive America.
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia’s interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS security pact.”