Today we speak with Dr. Vince Scappatura about the NUCLEAR-CAPABLE B-52H STRATOFORTRESS BOMBERS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION that he has prepared alongside his colleague Richard Tanter. You can learn more at the Nautilus Institute's website. Dr Vince Scappatura teaches Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University. His latest book is The US Lobby and Australian Defence Policy and he was a Panel Member for the Independent and Peaceful Australia Networks People's Inquiry (2020-2022).We also play a part of a presentation by long time Anti-nuclear campaigner David Noonan at an IPAN webinar on August 13 2024, entitled "Suboptimal: Understanding and contesting AUKUS and the domestic nuclear power push”.You can put in a submission to an inquiry underway by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCT) into AUKUS. Submissions to the inquiry by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCT) into AUKUS are being accepted until September 2, 2024.The Independent and Peaceful Australia network have created a submission template with key points for consideration, that should lessen the workload for anyone who can make a submission.Treaty Title: Agreement among the Government of Australia, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation Related to Naval Nuclear PropulsionMore details available here: https://www.aph.gov.au/jsct'Tips on making a submission' by IPAN.Final Submissions are to be lodged online Lodge my submission – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au)If this is your first time submitting online to an inquiry you will need to create a My Parliament log in.For any queries: Email
[email protected] also Making a submission to a committee inquiry – Parliament of Australia.See also Making a submission Summary of Guidelines.Here are some suggested concerns and matters to raise in your submission – use your own words as much as possible. And do not feel you have to comment on all of the 7 points listed in the ‘Points for Submission’ doc.For more info: Jonathan Pilbrow, Executive Officer 0403 611 815
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