Tag Australia

1 Apr

Read Australia and Autonomous Weapons (2025)

This snapshot on the issue of autonomous weapons covers key information about Australia and has been created as a quick-read introduction.  Download PDF

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23 Feb

Mobilising Pacific Voices on Autonomous Weapons at the UN General Assembly

States and key stakeholders met at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in October 2024. For the second time, SafeGround was present at the UN in New York. Representing SafeGround […]

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2 Dec

Taking Action to Stop Killer Robots

Fully autonomous weapons Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) or ‘killer robots’ are an alarming prospect for society and humanity. Autonomous weapons use artificial intelligence (AI) to select targets and choose […]

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15 Nov

Stay In Command

In our podcast series “Stay in Command’ we give you a down-under perspective on indiscriminate weapons. To date, the series focuses on lethal autonomous weapons and the need to maintain […]

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14 Nov

Stories of Survival, Struggle, and our Imperative to Ban Nuclear Weapons

“I want to keep the dream alive for a clean, safe future with no nuclear threat hanging over our heads” Sue Coleman Haseldine This quote from Sue Coleman Haseldine, anti-nuclear […]

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14 Nov

Statement on Australian 2020 Defence Strategic Update

On 1 July Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update which he described as a response to a “poorer, more dangerous world”. The Defence Strategic Update outlined […]

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