Labor caucus today voted not to amend its widely criticised Cluster Munitions Prohibition Bill to remove two loopholes that go against the spirit and intent of the international Convention on Cluster Munitions. I will be on the ABC Radio National breakfast program with Fran Kelly on Wednesday morning to discuss the Caucus vote alongside defence minister Stephen Smith.
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Theorising Darwin: US may stockpile and transit cluster munitions
A US military ‘base’ in Darwin will necessitate foreign weapons systems and armaments being stockpiled, retained and transited on and in Australian territory. That is likely to be yet another international embarrassment for Australian arms control, writes NAJ Taylor
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