NGOs Ask Australia to Suspend Lynas’ Rare Earth Export to its Malaysian Plant

Aug 16, 2019

Friends of the Earth Australia, AID/WATCH, together with Australian chapters of Malaysian BERSIH Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections and Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia Melbourne (SABMOZ) have responded to a petition that has gained momentum in Malaysia demanding that Australia suspends Lynas’ rare earth export to Malaysia because Lynas has no safe disposal facility for its radioactive waste.

AUSTRALIA’S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

Apr 18, 2017

Since the presidential election, the eyes of the world have been on the White House … particularly troubling are the global implications – how well will the US Eagle relate to the Dragon, not to mention the Bear. Are we now in a new volatile and a...
EVENT: Australia’s Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

EVENT: Australia’s Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

Apr 5, 2017

WHEN: Wednesday 5th April, 6pm-7.30pmWHERE: Macquarie Room, NSW Parliament, 6 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000 Please RSVP : Limited Seats The public consultation period on the Government’s strategy for Australia’s foreign policy, the DFAT White Paper, came to an end in...

AS AMBASSADORS GATHER, ITS TIME TO RETHINK

Apr 5, 2017

It’s time to remember just what the existing foreign policy has delivered.  Since the 2003 White Paper, Advancing the National Interest, Australia has routinely undermined global norms. We have been at the forefront of breaking global commitments on military...

PUBLIC DEBATE KEPT TO THE MARGINS

Apr 5, 2017

Australia’s ambassadors are meeting behind closed doors in Canberra this week, to discuss the Government’s proposed new direction on foreign policy. While paying more than a $1 million on talking to their ambassadors. There have been two months of by-invitation DFAT...