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• Sign Independent and Peaceful Australia's  (IPAN)'s  public call to end AUKUS and the FPA.

Concerns about AUKUS

The Four Corners programme Trading Fire (screened in early November 2025) highlighted the threat facing Australia, especially here in the north.

Australia has unwisely signed two agreements that make us a military appendage of the USA - and a target in any conflict between the US and China:  

• AUKUS, first signed in 2021 and superseded in 2024 by AUKUS 2.0  
• the Force Posture Agreement (FPA)  signed in 2014.  

These include the hosting of foreign war planes and submarines.

The planes and submarines may even carry nuclear weapons, as the Australian government has the policy of not requiring the US to disclose this.

No to Nuclear Weapons

Before the election, Labor promised to sign and ratify an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons - the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) - which they have yet to do.

Take Action

1 minute action:

• Sign Independent and Peaceful Australia's  (IPAN)'s  public call to end AUKUS and the FPA

5 minute action:

Write your own letter stating your concerns to one or all of the following: 

• the Prime Minister,

• Minister for Defence Richard Marles (email: [email protected])

• Minister for Foreign affairs Penny Wong (email: [email protected])

You may like to use some of the dot points below:

• It's time to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) 

• Cancel the AUKUS and Force Posture Agreements to stop:

1. Nuclear submarines using Australian ports.
2. Nuclear submarine waste being stored on Australian territory.
3. Nuclear capable bombers operating from Australia.
4. Use of Australian territory as a base for US war operations.
5. Australia becoming a military target, with the north being one of the frontlines in any conflict in the region.

Rally initiated by the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network to oppose AUKUS and to support the TPNW.

Photo by Matt Hrkac   Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

More information

• See the Independent and Peaceful Australia's  (IPAN) website.
• Watch the IPAN video featuring FoE Australia's long time nuclear campaigner and expert, Jim Green. 
• Read FoE FNQ's letter about AUKUS and nuclear weapons.

Thank you for all you do to make this world a safer place and to protect our planet.