The International Affairs Policy Committee meets monthly to discuss a variety of topics. Over the past twelve months these have included:
- Immigration regulatory reform
- The financial dependence of many Australian universities on foreign students
- Human rights in Kashmir to show that we care
- Climate change as a matter of national security
- Taiwan
- Nuclear policy, safety and disarmament - including a formal submission to Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- The Nauru manager being a U.S. contractor
- Offshore detention
- Weapons to Ukraine
- The Middle East including Israel, Gaza and Iran
- Divestment from companies connected to human rights violations in occupied Palestine
- Statehood for Palestine
- To assist Indonesia, develop their new capital city, Nusantara, drawing on the Canberra experience
- Defence funding
- Cyber security
The highlight was undoubtedly the November 2024 AUKUS seminar we organised, with Professor High White and Ms Jennifer Parker as guest speakers. It received a good attendance and generated much discussion, which continued even after the formal close. This has also resulted in a motion we have sent to several politicians, supporting the Parliamentary Inquiry into the AUKUS Trilateral Security Partnership.
Moving forward, if there are topics in out subject areas – Foreign Affairs, Defense, Trade and sister cities, we would be happy to include them in future meetings for discussion, with the aim of providing quality feedback to you.
For more information, please contact [email protected].
