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Defence & National Security

National security measures must be consistent with internationally recognised human rights. 

The decision to send Australians into combat is a decision that must debated by the Parliament, not simply made by the Government of the day. The Greens are the only party to demand an end to the military presence in Afghanistan, and successfully secured the first parliamentary debate into troop deployment in 2010.

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US says jump, Government asks ‘how high’ at AUSMIN

13 Nov 2012
The Greens have urged the Government to put Australian interests first at the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultation ...
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Coalition sinks to new depths with nuclear submarine plot

12 Nov 2012
The Greens have urged Labor to stand firm against increasingly unhinged calls for the acquisition or leasing of American nuclea...
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Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011 - message from the House of Representatives

01 Nov 2012
Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011 - message from the House of Representatives
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Australia in the Asian Century White Paper

31 Oct 2012
Australia in the Asian Century White Paper
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Senator Scott Ludlam speaking on the Defence Trade Controls Treaty at the doors of Parliament House

31 Oct 2012
Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam speaks on the Defence Trade Controls Treaty and the national census figures.
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Coalition votes against its own amendment and sells out Australian universities

30 Oct 2012
The major parties have colluded to throw Australia's research sector into a bipartisan black hole, the Australian Greens said t...
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Defence Force Posture Review

30 Oct 2012
Questions on Notice about the Defence Force Posture Review
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Asian Century White Paper

29 Oct 2012
Senator Ludlam asks Foreign Minister Carr about the writing and significance of the Asian Century White Paper
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Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011

29 Oct 2012
Senator Ludlam's Second Reading Speech on the Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011
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Labor, Coalition, and Greens condemn Defence Trade Controls Bill – but only Greens oppose it

29 Oct 2012
In a bizarre scenario the Government and Opposition have joined the Greens in slamming the Defence Trade Controls Bill, yet onl...
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