Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has just admitted in Senate Estimates that nuclear-capable bombers can rotate through Australia without breaching international obligations, under questioning from the Greens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australian Greens Senator and Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Jordon Steele John said: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralians have resisted the nuclearisation of our military for decades and now the Albanese government is letting the Americans do it for us. \u201cThe decision for the Australian Government to allow American B-52s into Australia is another clear example of successive major party governments selling out Australian interests for the Americans. Australian Greens Senator and Defence Spokesperson David Shoebridge said: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is highly alarming that Australian military facilities are being made available for the US to launch its nuclear capable bombers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe fact that we are allowing Australian military facilities to host US nuclear bombers should alarm all Australians who are concerned with our collective safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis decision not only makes us a nuclear target, it further erodes our sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe US has made it clear it won\u2019t tell anyone when their B52\u2019s are nuclear armed or not. This leaves Australia in the dark about our role in the USA\u2019s global nuclear strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis decision directly contradicts the Defence Minister\u2019s claims that our relationship with the US does not undermine Australia’s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis will further destabilise our region and force Australia into an unwitting role in the global nuclear weapons threat,\u201d Senator Shoebridge said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has just admitted in Senate Estimates that nuclear-capable bombers can rotate through Australia without breaching international obligations, under questioning from the Greens. Australian Greens Senator and Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Jordon Steele John said: \u201cAustralians have resisted the nuclearisation of our military for decades and now the Albanese government is letting … Continue reading “NUCLEAR BOMBERS CAN LAUNCH FROM AUSTRALIA WITHOUT BREACHING TREATY OBLIGATIONS, MINISTER CLAIMS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20205,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20204\/revisions\/20205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cNuclear capable B-52 bombers have no place on Australian bases, on Australian shores or in Australian airspace. They are an offensive weapon that will destabilise our region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhether it be the AUKUS pact, the coverup of how Australia became involved in the illegal US invasion of Iraq or this newest escalation in the force posture agreement. When it comes to the US, there is no Australian interest this government has not been willing to sell out.
\u201cAustralia needs to deeply reevaluate our relationship with the United States and pursue an independent, peaceful and cooperative foreign policy,\u201d Senator Steele John said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n