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Welcome the AUKUS Peacewalkers Sun 20 Sept

September 14, 2026

Invitation from PACOA: Port Adelaide Community Opposing AUKUS

International Day of Peace 20 Sep | Day of Action at Port Adelaide

Join South Australians in Port Adelaide to show our opposition to US and Australian government war preparations, and to celebrate the growing people’s movement for peace and friendship across our region and beyond.  

It will be a cultural extravaganza featuring:

  • the Giant Green Submarine inflatable by PAAF
  • two community choirs
  • XRSA Street theatre
  • Public Art Peaceboats
  • Fiddle We Must band
  • the arrival of the Peace Walkers Against AUKUS, completing their remarkable 400 km walk from Port Augusta

Events will commence at the Workers Memorial, Port Adelaide (corner of Commercial Rd and St Vincent’s St) at 1pm sharp. 

Speakers will include Karina Lester from the AUKUS Public Inquiry, MLC Melanie Selwood, AFOPA’s Mike Khizam, Professor Al Rainnie, local Port Adelaide legend Sandra Dann, Campbell Duignan from the MUA, and CFMEU organiser Allen Harris (retired). The event will be MC’d by Eileen Darley.

Come along, bring friends and family, and be part of a colourful community gathering for peace.

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AUKUS Public Inquiry: FoE Adelaide Submission

June 29, 2026

Friends of the Earth Adelaide has made a submission to the AUKUS Public Inquiry. Based on decades of experience regarding nuclear waste management issues and debates in Australia, our submission focused on those problems insofar as they relate to AUKUS. 
 
By rights, the parliament should conduct a genuine public review of the AUKUS program, given that it commits Australian taxpayers to spending hundreds of billions of dollars for decades to come with dubious benefit to our security in return. In the absence of an official inquiry, we are hopeful that this independent inquiry will shine a light on the many issues that should have been considered before the government committed Australia to AUKUS.
 
The first hearing, held in Melbourne on 11 June, received many high-quality presentations. Most of the points that we would make were covered in that hearing. In particular, we endorse the comments made by the expert witnesses: Gareth Evans, Tilman Ruff, Richard Tanter, John Lander, Joseph Camilleri, Rod Campbell and Dave Sweeney. Their critiques of the flaws in AUKUS align with ours, including in regard to the following:
• sacrifice of Australian sovereignty,
• negative impact on national security,
• opportunity cost,
• questionable industrial and employment benefits,
• safety risks and environmental cost,
• challenge of managing and disposing of radioactive waste, including foreign-sourced waste,
• negative impact on First Nations people,
• nuclear proliferation and safeguards implications of military reactors powered by highly enriched uranium fuel,
• implications for our obligations under the Treaty of Rarotonga of ‘rotation’ through Australian bases of nuclear weapon-capable vessels and aircraft, and
• the uncertainty that nuclear-powered submarines will even be delivered.
 
FoE Adelaide’s submission added perspectives related to national security, safety, employment and radioactive waste. See: FoE Adelaide Submission

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