In Sept ember 2021\, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announc ed AUKUS — the trilateral security partnership wit h the US and UK — committing Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. The Labor government h as continued the program in office.
\n \nTh e official cost envelope has grown to as much as $ 380 billion\, with no guarantee it won't blow out further. At the same time\, the battlefield succes s of low-cost drones and satellite systems has rai sed real doubts about whether submarines remain th e right technology for Australia's defence needs.< /p>\n \n
The world and threats are different 5 years on. What is the status of global relationshi ps and what impact does that have on the relations hips established.
\n \nSpeakers have 20 mi nutes each. Questions — 20 minutes. Bring your que stions.
\n \nDr Ross Gwyther — keynote speaker
\n Treasurer of the Independent and Pea
ceful Australia Network (IPAN)\, a national networ
k of community\, church\, union\, peace and enviro
nment groups advocating an independent Australian
foreign policy built on the peaceful resolution of
conflict. Ross holds a PhD in physics from the Un
iversity of Queensland and had a long career as a
geophysicist at UQ and CSIRO\, followed by ten yea
rs as an organiser with the National Tertiary Educ
ation Union. He has been active in the labour\, en
vironment and peace movements for more than 50 yea
rs\, including as a founding committee member of t
he Anti-Uranium Campaign (1976) and People for Nuc
lear Disarmament (1983)\, and has played prominent
roles in Just Peace and IPAN.
Andrew Bartlett — keynote speaker
\
n Former Queensland senator and President of the W
ar Powers Reform group\, which campaigns for Parli
ament\, rather than the executive alone\, to decid
e when Australia goes to war. Andrew represented Q
ueensland in the Senate for the Australian Democra
ts from 1997 to 2008\, including as party leader f
rom 2002 to 2004\, and returned to the Senate in 2
017–18 as a Greens senator. He has since worked as
a researcher and academic on migration issues and
as a community radio broadcaster\, and brings lon
g experience of parliamentary scrutiny of defence
and security decisions.
The panel will be convened by Linda Taylor.
\n \nRegister either by clicking the register button\, or send an email REGISTER ME to hello@fairfaxmatters.org.a u with your name and mobile phone number.
DESCRIPTION:In September 2021\, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced AUKUS — the trilateral security partners hip with the US and UK — committing Australia to a cquire nuclear-powered submarines. The Labor gover nment has continued the program in office.\n \n \n \n The official cost envelope has grown to as muc h as $380 billion\, with no guarantee it won't blo w out further. At the same time\, the battlefield success of low-cost drones and satellite systems h as raised real doubts about whether submarines rem ain the right technology for Australia's defence n eeds.\n \n \n \n The world and threats are differe nt 5 years on. What is the status of global relati onships and what impact does that have on the rela tionships established. \n \n \n \n Speakers have 2 0 minutes each. Questions — 20 minutes. Bring your questions.\n \n \n \n Our keynote speakers\n \n \ n Dr Ross Gwyther — keynote speaker\n \n Treasurer of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN)\, a national network of community\, church \, union\, peace and environment groups advocating an independent Australian foreign policy built on the peaceful resolution of conflict. Ross holds a PhD in physics from the University of Queensland and had a long career as a geophysicist at UQ and CSIRO\, followed by ten years as an organiser with the National Tertiary Education Union. He has bee n active in the labour\, environment and peace mov ements for more than 50 years\, including as a fou nding committee member of the Anti-Uranium Campaig n (1976) and People for Nuclear Disarmament (1983) \, and has played prominent roles in Just Peace an d IPAN.\n \n \n \n Andrew Bartlett — keynote speak er\n \n Former Queensland senator and President of the War Powers Reform group\, which campaigns for Parliament\, rather than the executive alone\, to decide when Australia goes to war. Andrew represe nted Queensland in the Senate for the Australian D emocrats from 1997 to 2008\, including as party le ader from 2002 to 2004\, and returned to the Senat e in 2017–18 as a Greens senator. He has since wor ked as a researcher and academic on migration issu es and as a community radio broadcaster\, and brin gs long experience of parliamentary scrutiny of de fence and security decisions.\n \n \n \n The panel will be convened by Linda Taylor.\n \n \n \n Regi ster either by clicking the register button\, or s end an email REGISTER ME to hello@fairfaxmatters.o rg.au with your name and mobile phone number.\n \n CATEGORIES:Conference CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20261111T180000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20261111T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20261111T200000 LOCATION:34/36 Alexandra Parade\n Maroochy Surf Club\n Maro ochydore\, QLD 4558\n Australia\n URL:https://www.fairfaxmatters.org.au/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=282 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR