Press Releases
US bases a significant cost to communities
"There are a growing number of situations throughout the world that call into question the assertion that US bases positively impact a local community's economy,” says Dr Lisa Natividad, a speaker at the annual conference of the Independent and Peaceful Australia...
US weapons company, Raytheon, targeted by protesters in Alice Springs
Raytheon the private contractor behind much of Pine Gap’s work has become a target of protesters who are in Alice Springs to draw attention to Pine Gap’s 50 year history of creating instability and war. Situated in a non-descript building in Whittaker Street,...
At dawn “peace pilgrims” entered pine gap to lament the human cost of war
Six “Peace Pilgrims”, whose ages span 19 to 73, travelled through the desert together last night and are due to arrive on a crest inside military land at dawn and there sing a mournful lament about the human cost of war. Margaret Pestorius with her viola. Image: Adam...
RAYTHEON FACILITY IN ALICE SPRINGS BLOCKADED BY ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS
Early this morning activists shut down the Raytheon facility in Alice Springs. Four activists remain locked onto the gates of the facility preventing employees from engaging in the machinations of war today. This action is one in a series of protests against the...
Week of Actions to Close Pine Gap
The week long convergence at the gates of the Pine Gap US Military Spy Base south of Alice Springs continues to build, with several actions planned over the coming days leading up to a mass action on Friday at the gates of the facility. Pine Gap is one of the largest...
MEDIA CONFERENCE with IPAN CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
1.30pm, Thursday 29th September 2006 at the Chifley Resort, Stott St Alice Springs – at the palm trees quadrangle behind the Gumtree Room. SPEAKERS available for interview: BACKGROUND BIOS BELOW PROFESSOR RICHARD TANTER DR LISA NATIVIDAD PROFESSOR KOSUZU ABE REV...
Week of Actions to Close Pine Gap
The week long convergence at the gates of the Pine Gap US Military Spy Base south of Alice Springs continues to build, with several actions planned over the coming days leading up to a mass action on Friday at the gates of the facility. Pine Gap is one of the largest...
Activists from Okinawa and Guam join IPAN Conference and protests at Pine Gap
“Just when will Australians realise that the Pine Gap military installation does not serve our national interests?” asks Nick Deane from the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN). “This facility, largely run by and for the US makes Australia an...
Anti-Militarism Demonstrators Blockade Swan Island Military Base
For the second consecutive day, peace activist group Swan Island Peace Convergence (SIPC) are successfully blockading the only road onto the secretive military base at Swan Island in Victoria. SIPC Members in front of the military base yesterday. Photo: SIPC ...
Pine Gap: 50 years as Australia’s prime nuclear target
ICAN Australia 26 September - 2 October 2016: A week of activities will expose the role of Pine Gap in war, surveillance and nuclear targeting. Beginning today, on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, hundreds of people are gathering at...