Labor Against War

Turns out - and no one serious is surprised by this - that the Royal Australian Navy submariners on US nuclear submarines are required to follow orders from US commanders while on board. AUKUS puts Australian troops directly into the US war machine. It’s time to quit AUKUS.

'AUKUS IN TROUBLE, UK PROBE WARNS' I mean, this was impossible to predict (apart from everyone who predicted this). Pull the plug on AUKUS now @AlboMP smh.com.au/world/europe/c…

"Australia's depending on AUKUS Virginia-class subs. The US says they're not a priority" The AUKUS omnishambles rolls on. Just pull the plug @AlboMP smh.com.au/world/north-am…

Balmain branch (NSW) of the ALP condemns the US-Israeli war on Iran calls on the Albanese government to withdraw support for the war.

Imagine delivering a speech warning of a nuclear arms race when your party has policy to sign the Treaty for Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons @nuclearban and you don't mention it, let alone sign it as you're required to under ALP policy @RichardMarlesMP minister.defence.gov.au/speeches/2026-…

No support for Trump's wars. No Australian troops in the Middle East. Quit AUKUS now. Thanks to Woolgoolga branch on the NSW north coast for supporting the LAW motion on Iran.

Cowper ALP federal electorate council (FEC) has endorsed the LAW motion on the Iran war. Anti-war activists must keep up the pressure on the government about the Iran war - even with a two-week ceasefire announced. No return to war. Drop AUKUS now.

@badiucao You know it’s not true. So why say it?

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Branches keep calling on the Labor Government to drop its support for Trump's war on Iran. Thanks to Bundoora Branch (VIC) in NE Melbourne for passing the LAW resolution against the Iran war.

March for peace on Palm Sunday.

Ex-top diplomat Peter Varghese urges Australia to pursue more self-reliant defence policy afr.com/politics/feder…

AUKUS is not just headed for a train smash. It’s not just a wasteful folly. It is dragging us deeper and deeper into Donald Trump’s war plans. Best time to have axed AUKUS was in 2022 after Labor won government. Next best time is now. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Great to see the anti-war movement is kicking in southwest Sydney. Thanks to comrades in Chipping Norton-Wattle Grove branch @NSWLabor who unanimously backed the LAW motion on Iran.

Only a quarter of Australians support Trump’s war on Iran and only a third back the Australian government sending ADF forces to the Gulf in response. @GuardianAus poll @EssentialMedia_ theguardian.com/australia-news…

Claims by Richard Marles that AUKUS was on track must be set against reality and facts. Janes, the authoritative defence journal, documents major cost, design and delivery problems with the UK sub programme that we rely on. Support the public inquiry into AUKUS to get the facts!

Great to see opposition to Trump's war against Iran in @ACTLabor. Thanks to comrades in Gungahlin sub-branch, calling on @AlboMP to condemn US-Israel aggression and withdraw Australian troops from the region, quit AUKUS and close US bases.

Congratulations to Lismore branch (NSW) calling on the Prime Minister @AlboMP and Foreign Minister @SenatorWong to condemn Trump's war against Iran as 'reckless and illegal foreign military adventurism'.

If the Prime Minister was serious about his stance of 'ending the war now' he would withdraw all Australian military assets from the theatre. Leave aside his continuing endorsement of the illegal 'original objectives, this is just empty posturing without action

Yet another branch this week opposing Trump's war on Iran and calling for Australia to condemn it, withdraw our troops from the region and exit AUKUS. Thanks to Leichhardt branch in Prime Minister @AlboMP seat.

My article in Pearls and Irritations. johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/a…