This coming weekend, protest actions and events against the adverse impacts of military bases will take place around the world.
Coordinated by World BEYOND War, the Global Days of Action Protesting Military Bases (#CloseBases) will see community protests call for an end to military installations.
Around 100 people attended a protest rally in Bathurst on Monday 9 February against the visit to Australia by Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
The Bathurst rally coincided with up to 30 other rallies and marches across NSW that opposed the president’s visit.
Most media attention has focussed on the large Sydney Town Hall rally and associated police violence linked to severe restrictions imposed on the right to protest by the Minns state government.
Photo: Khan Younis, Gaza. Inset: Isaac Herzog signing a bomb to be dropped on Gaza. Michael West Media.
Following the Bondi shootings on 14th December 2025, the Albanese government officially invited Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, to visit Australia. This superseded an earlier invitation to the president issued by the Zionist Federation of Australia.
A spokesperson for President Herzog has confirmed that he plans to travel between 8th and 12th February and will meet with members of the Jewish community.
Sydney Town Hall rally against US actions in Venezuela, Sunday 4th January 2026. Banner translation: TRUMP KILLER!! OUT OF VENEZUELA. Demonstrators called on the Albanese government to condemn the US intervention. Source: 7News Australia.
In the early hours of Saturday 3rd January 2026, the U.S. military carried out a high-intensity operation in Venezuela that involved air strikes targeting military and civilian sites in at least four states, namely Caracas, Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira.
It has been reported that the operation involved more than 150 aircraft launched from 20 bases around the Western Hemisphere, including F-35 and F-22 fighter jets, and B-1 bombers.
During the military operation, President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were abducted by a U.S. special operations squad called Delta Force from a heavily fortified compound in the capital and subsequently flown to New York city where they are being held in custody. They have been indicted on a number of alleged charges including “narco-terrorism” conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and possession of machine guns. Continue reading U.S. military forcibly removes President Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela→
SBS News – Mourners have placed flowers and other tributes at Bondi Pavilion since last Sunday’s attack. Source: AAP / Bianca De Marchi
The targeted attack on Jewish people during the first day of a Hannukah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday 14th December 2025 has been condemned by a wide range of community leaders and organisations, political parties and humanitarian agencies. Continue reading The targeted attack on Jewish people in Bondi and its aftermath→
Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian man during a military operation in the town of Qalqilya, in the occupied West Bank on December 4, 2025 [AFP].In its latest humanitarian update, the UN relief co-ordination office, OCHA, reported a spike in Israeli military raids and settler violence across the occupied West Bank which is causing new displacements, school closures and disrupting essential services for tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Gaza killings continue reports Australian doctor. Photos: ABC
During a ABC NewsRadio interview on 18th November 2025. an Australian emergency doctor working with Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) in Gaza, reported that the “Israeli Defence Forces and the Israeli authorities continue restricting aid, continue killing Palestinians and continue removing the conditions that are needed for life.”
Greens MLC Sue Higginson at the Indo Pacific Weapons Expo. Photo: Peter Boyle
The biennial Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition, also referred to as the Indo Pacific Weapons Expo, was held from 4th to 6th November at the International Convention Centre in Darling Harbour.
Thousands of Palestinians return back to their homes in Gaza Strip. Image: Associated Press
In the following interview with Democracy Now! – an independent and not-for-profit American TV, radio, and Internet news program – Israeli historian and author Ilan Pappé discusses the post-genocidal prospects of Palestinian statehood.
Australia has an opportunity to get out of the AUKUS security pact. We should take it.
The Trump Administration has announced a review of AUKUS, joining the UK in reviewing the joint security pact. Australia now has a real chance to escape this disastrous deal, whichhas not been properly scrutinised by the Australian Parliament.
AUKUS ties us ever closer to an increasingly volatile and aggressive America.
We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia’s interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS security pact.
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) has sent an open letter to Defence Minister Richard Marles MP urging an end to Australia’s complicity and export of military exports including weapon parts to Israel, all of which contribute to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
MPG encourages the signing of this open letter and its wide circulation amongst family, friends and networks.
People and rescuers work to recover the body of Palestinian cameraman Hussam al-Masri, who was a contractor for Reuters, after he was killed by an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital. Photo: Hatem Khaled/Reuters.
A total of 22 civilians were killed by Israeli missile strikes on the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Monday 25 August 2025.
L to R: Dr Siswo Pramono, Susan Templeman MP, Robert Tickner AO and Mayor Mark Greenhill. Photo: Jon Atkins.
Despite very wintry conditions, around 150 people attended the inaugural Peace Symposium in Katoomba on Saturday 2nd August 2025. The event was jointly hosted by the Blue Mountains Peace Collective and Blue Mountains Council’s Planetary Health Initiative.1Continue reading Peace Symposium held in Katoomba – 2nd August 2025→
