South Australia is rapidly emerging as a focal point for the militarisation of the country’s universities. Several research and development (R&D) partnerships between military contractors and universities in the state have been announced in recent weeks. This is part of the deepening integration of universities across Australia into a military build-up, all behind the backs of students and the broader public.
Successive Liberal-National Coalition and Labor governments have placed Australia on the front lines of the escalating danger of war as US administrations step up the confrontation with China and Russia.
The crew of the Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Rankin enters Pearl Harbor for a brief stop during Rim of the Pacific exercises in 2018. Three South Australian institutions—all situated in the state capital, Adelaide—have joined the French Australian Laboratory for Humans-Autonomous Agents Teaming, also called CROSSING.....MORE
