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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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Defence procurement report raises the alarm

10 Sep 2012
A Senate committee report into defence procurement initiated by the Australian Greens has made essential and unanimous recommen...
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Motion calling for community consultation in the 2013 Defence White Paper

10 Sep 2012
Motion calling for community consultation in the 2013 Defence White Paper
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Getting Defence Procurement Right - a responsibility of parliamentarians

10 Sep 2012
Getting Defence Procurement Right - a responsibility of parliamentarians
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Data retention scheme a lunge for vast surveillance powers

04 Sep 2012
Australian Greens spokesperson for communications Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam today warned against further exten...
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Scott Ludlam urges the Senate to fix the fundamentally flawed cluster munitions bill.

22 Aug 2012
April 20th 2012: Senator Scott Ludlam warns of loopholes in the Australian Government's cluster munitions bill that will allow ...
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Day of shame as Labor & Coalition unite in failure on cluster bombs

21 Aug 2012
Labor and the Coalition united to betray Australian obligations under international law to eradicate cluster bombs, the Austral...
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Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010

21 Aug 2012
Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010
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Senate must take a stand against cluster bombs: weapons of mass murder

20 Aug 2012
The Greens spokesperson assisting on defence, Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam, called on the Senate to amend the "da...
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Greens back call for an Inquiry into the Iraq War

16 Aug 2012
The Iraq War Inquiry Group, consisting of eminent Australians from diverse backgrounds, today launched a call for a high-level ...
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US nuclear base not welcome in Western Australia

01 Aug 2012
American ambitions to build a naval base in Perth to accommodate nuclear-powered attack submarines, aircraft carriers and missi...
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