#anzus — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #anzus, aggregated by home.social.
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“As a relatively defenceless Pacific middle power, Australia cannot afford to cut its military ties with the US and Israel. We’re in a geopolitical chokehold. To Albanese, I am difficult because I am both aware of this reality and unafraid to scream it at the top of my lungs, much to his obvious chagrin. To Albanese, I am difficult to fool, difficult to control, difficult to ignore, difficult to silence. And while he might feel safe describing me as such in the false comfort of a conservative bubble, I sincerely doubt he would say it to my face.
At the end of the day, Albanese’s word choices say more about our nation’s strategic political alliances than they do about his fickle feelings. The public’s reaction reflects what truths are free to discuss, which ones aren’t, and the media’s preoccupation with making objects out of human beings to serve their own agenda.” (Grace Tame - Criceky News 13Mar26)
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US allies and partners need to be very aware of the ramifications of this exceptional US law enforcement practice.
If, down the line, the US military encounters a more robust response than it did in Venezuela, it could trigger NATO treaty obligations for European countries and Canada, and ANZUS treaty obligations for Australia.
So, if the US continues down this road, there’s every chance the consequences of its interventionism could be felt by many around the world.
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I’m old enough to remember me tooting how grateful I am that NZ doesn’t possess large oil reserves.
Having said that, our mates across the ditch have huge resources of rare minerals and being threatened by Trump’s personal Wormtongue Netanyahu.
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While I agree with the writer, I feel that following #PennyWong’s declared support for US Aggression in Iran, the horse has well and truly bolted.
“Labor governments have a proud history of supporting the UN charter. The Albanese government consistently references its support for international law and international institutions. The US strikes on Iran require a firm Australian response supporting the rules-based international order. Any US requests for military support arising from these incidents should be declined.”
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Alan Kohler decries #MadKingTrump ‘s attempt to circumvent the legal system and shoring up support by pardoning convicted criminals. Rule by ‘fiat’ seems to be the #TrumpAdministration mantra fueled by the ideology behind #Project25 .
Source:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-02/donald-trump-unitary-executive-theory/105362150?
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We need real leaders @MrLee
The last, and probably only, leader that Australia has had who wasn't a subservient colonial was Gough Whitlam. The others have all been terrified of upsetting our master of the time.
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Australia's mentality has always been that of a colony. First of Britain, then of the US.
"Australia cannot rely on US protection. Washington has frequently and explicitly told us so, but we never listen."
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05/the-us-has-never-been-a-reliable-ally-of-australia/
#AusPol
#AUKUS
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Nah @SolQuill
Trump has shown that all bets are off - all contracts are null & void. I reckon tell them the rent has gone up (and to be paid in advance, of course) for all military and intelligence facilities. We should be able to screw enough out of them to more than cover the cost of those submarines that we're never likely to get anyway.#AusPol
#Trump
#PineGap
#NorthWestCape
#FiveEyes
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Nah @SolQuill
Trump has shown that all bets are off - all contracts are null & void. I reckon tell them the rent has gone up (and to be paid in advance, of course) for all military and intelligence facilities. We should be able to screw enough out of them to more than cover the cost of those submarines that we're never likely to get anyway.#AusPol
#Trump
#PineGap
#NorthWestCape
#FiveEyes
#ANZUS
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Nah @SolQuill
Trump has shown that all bets are off - all contracts are null & void. I reckon tell them the rent has gone up (and to be paid in advance, of course) for all military and intelligence facilities. We should be able to screw enough out of them to more than cover the cost of those submarines that we're never likely to get anyway.#AusPol
#Trump
#PineGap
#NorthWestCape
#FiveEyes
#ANZUS
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Nah @SolQuill
Trump has shown that all bets are off - all contracts are null & void. I reckon tell them the rent has gone up (and to be paid in advance, of course) for all military and intelligence facilities. We should be able to screw enough out of them to more than cover the cost of those submarines that we're never likely to get anyway.#AusPol
#Trump
#PineGap
#NorthWestCape
#FiveEyes
#ANZUS
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There are no allies in Trump's world
@fixatedpersonsunit only adversaries and suckers.David Pope,
"The Echidna" newsletter
12 February 2025#AusPol
#Trump
#PineGap
#NorthWestCape
#FiveEyes
#ANZUS
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There are no allies in Trump's world
@fixatedpersonsunit only adversaries and suckers.David Pope,
"The Echidna" newsletter
12 February 2025#AusPol
#Trump
#PineGap
#NorthWestCape
#FiveEyes
#ANZUS
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There are no allies in Trump's world
@fixatedpersonsunit only adversaries and suckers.David Pope,
"The Echidna" newsletter
12 February 2025#AusPol
#Trump
#PineGap
#NorthWestCape
#FiveEyes
#ANZUS
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There are no allies in Trump's world
@fixatedpersonsunit only adversaries and suckers.David Pope,
"The Echidna" newsletter
12 February 2025#AusPol
#Trump
#PineGap
#NorthWestCape
#FiveEyes
#ANZUS
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#ANZUS & #NATO are kaput & #RussianAsset #Trump doesn’t care
#Australia is not in NATO, but Trump’s actions this week foretell that most of the agreements that connect Australia, #Japan & nations in #Asia to NATO & Western #alliance are already kaput. They may become inoperative without our being involved in the decision-making
When the mild-mannered #Canadians speak of the US as an enemy, their noise is louder than Australia’s could ever be. #Canada #auspol #USPol
https://johnmenadue.com/anzus-and-nato-are-kaput-and-trump-doesnt-care/
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I am finally getting around reading John Fahey’s The Factory: The official history of the australian intelligence directorate, Vol 1 (Allen & Unwin 2023). I had know this work was in progress for a number of years but had totally forgot about it. Until a few days ago when I saw it on the shelves of my local library.
Why am I writing this? Because of a paragraph I read which shines a light on Australia’s current strategic dilemma.
Timeline: August 1914
“The aggressive stance of Germany in relation to British naval superiority marked her out as Britain’s most obvious threat, and so plans were put in place to deal with that threat. In line with Lord Palmerson’s principle of ‘no eternal allies and no perpetual enemies, just eternal and perpetual interests’, Britain also developed similar plans for dealing with France, Russia, and even the United States.”Perhaps that is a principle that our Australian govt ought to have kept in mind. My own view is that our govt teaches us that we never learn from history (unless one is a historian or a reader of history).
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Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?
"With the casual, even brutal, dismissal of Ukraine – an ally for whom the US has provided security guarantees for a generation – the old certainties exist no longer."
#AUKUS #ANZUS #Corruption #Fascism #USPol #AUSPol #News #CurrentEvents
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Australia’s key ally has gone rogue – and Trump has us expertly wedged. We need a plan B
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/03/australias-key-ally-has-gone-rogue-and-trump-has-us-expertly-wedged-we-need-a-plan-bZoe Daniel is a "Teal Independent" who made history by beating former Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, to become the Federal Member for Goldstein. He couldn't read the room; she can. Zoe Daniel also has extensive experience as a foreign correspondent for the ABC. I think that combination of considering local and global matters gives her excellent insights.
Zoe Daniel's insights in this article are well worth your time, in my opinion. She deftly shows the interrelationships between Trump, Trumpism, Peter Dutton, and Dutton's mindless mimicry of Trump when he talks about DOGE and DEI. Zoe Daniel wants you to think about our values and history, and the regional implications for ANZUS, AUKUS, Five Eyes, NATO's slow and rudimentary action to help defend Ukraine from Russia, and more.
#AusPol #ZoeDaniel #Teals #TealIndependent #PeterDutton #JoshFrydenberg #USPol #Trump #Trumpism #DEI #DOGE #ANZUS #FiveEyes #AUKUS #NATO #Ukraine #Russia
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The doomed security pact is fast turning into 'AnzRus' as DT's love affair with Russia heads for third base.. Australia needs a way out, we need a Plan B, but with Albanese not wanting to offend DT and Dutton outright admiring him, are there any Australian Politicians left willing to do the right thing?
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#Trump’s new #Pentagon chief said I’m “here today to directly & unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States of America from being primarily focused on the #security of #Europe”.
Essentially #NATO without the #US
#ANZUS will go the same way. Trump has no interest in defending #Australia or #Aotearoa
Boot the U.S. military out of #Darwin & #PineGap.
Cancel any treaties & distance Australia from the current corrupt #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #auspol
