Demilitarisation
Campaign to demilitarise Australia
Australian Government policy and practice is driving the ongoing normalisation of military involvement within Australian culture, society, economy, and educational institutions.
Since 2010 militarisation has increased significantly with increasing investments in military budgets, expansion of arms industry and exports, and peaking in 2020 with domestic military operations related to natural disasters, bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more in WILPF Australia’s ground-breaking report Militarisation in Australia: Normalisation and Mythology and in our factsheets on the three themes of the report:
- Up and Out: The Infinite Trajectory of Australia’s Defence Spending
- Growing an industry of war: Defence Industry Expansion
- Blurred Lines: Increased Military Engagement in Australia’s Civilian-Domestic Space
WILPF addresses gender inequalities and promotes justice and human rights for all as prerequisites for peace and conflict prevention locally and globally – a feminist peace, with justice, equality and demilitarised security for all.
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