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Talisman Saber 2017 – Rockhampton

Talisman Sabre just confuses strategic thinking for Australia. Mack Williams

Click the image to read the article from John Menadue’s blog – Pearls & Irritations.

Mack Williams is a former Australian Ambassador to the Philippines and Republic of Korea. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies College in London.

War Games could inflame what they aim to prevent: conflict in China. Stuart Rollo

Click the image to read the article in the Guardian.

42nd return is pie-in-the-sky thinking

The Rockhampton Morning Bulletin featured Graeme Dunstan letter today after a week reporting on opportunities for defence spending in the region. Talisman Sabre war rehearsals continue.

The Morning Bulletin 15 Jul 2017

Protestors’ pre-emptive strike

The Morning Bulletin 5 Jul 2017

AS thousands of troops yesterday prepared for training in the Talisman Sabre military exercise, another group of people held a small peaceful protest.

“Instead of spending $50m on Talisman Sabre to train for future US wars of aggression, we need to step away from the wars of the US empire and make our own path, one in which we build a peaceful future with our neighbours and address our greatest collective security threat, climate change,” Graeme Dunstan told those at the Independence from the USA Day gathering.

“Consider it a pre-emptive strike for peace in this time of endless wars and escalating militarism.”

The group gathered outside the Western St Army Barracks, Rockhampton.

4th July 2017

Graeme Dunstan calls for #IndependenceFROMAmerica on #4thofJune at Talisman Saber Channel 7 News