Nuclear Submarines: answers to common questions
Sep 18, 2021
Following secret deliberations, this week, the Morrison government has announced that Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Anti-nuclear movement stalwart, and Friends of the Earth National Nuclear campaigner, Dr. Jim Green, had these comments to common questions about the decision.
Nuclear subs: bad for people, planet & peace
Sep 16, 2021
Friends of the Earth sends a clear message to Scott Morrison and Defence Minister Marise Payne: Australia says NO to nuclear submarines.
People of the Pacific condemn Talisman Sabre Military Exercises
Aug 10, 2021
Groups from the Pacific region condemn the recent military exercises in Australia as damaging to the environment, health and peace in the region.
Australia should not be looking for another war
Apr 22, 2021
Friends of the Earth join the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network in condemning the frightening indications that the Australian Government is preparing to follow the US into a war with China.
Land Forces 2020 Delayed: War is not an essential service
May 12, 2020
Thanks to everyone who took action to call on the Queensland Government to cancel Land Forces 2020.
Cancel Land Forces 2020: War is not an essential service
May 04, 2020
Even in times of peace, war, and making a killing off of it, is never an essential activity or service. So why would the Queensland State Government sponsor and allow a huge convergence of arms and defence manufacturers in the middle of the worst global pandemic in a century?
A military sized black hole - how big are the ADF’s emissions?
Jul 18, 2019
Australia’s emissions are once again at a record high but obscure figures from the Australian Defence Force cast doubt on the overall validity of the latest numbers.
The mystery of the Australia Defence Force 'carbon bootprint'
May 27, 2019
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) pledges to ‘defend Australia and its national interests’. However, the Government’s refusal to clearly report military greenhouse gas emissions may result in the ADF unnecessarily contributing to the greatest threat currently facing Australia and the rest of the world - anthropogenic climate change.
Talisman Saber 2019: Defend the environment from Defence
May 21, 2019
In July this year, Australia will once again host huge joint US – AUS military exercises primarily along the Queensland coast, mainly within or traversing the Great Barrier Reef.
PFAS legal settlement 'welcomed'
Mar 29, 2019
Friends of the Earth Australia has welcomed a decision yesterday to compensate Mr Eric Donaldson for pollution of groundwater used on his property, near the Army Aviation Centre at Oakey in Southern Queensland.