The following formal submission have been made public
Submitter: I am a member of the broad coalition of ex-service people horrified at this neo-fascist extravaganceNew Southern Entrance
The entire project should be cancelled. It is an inappropriate time for spending such a large amount of money on works that do not need to occur.
Additionally, the tone and purpose of the AWM has for a long time been more celebratory than sombre and reflective. The use by the existing facilities, and expanded use in the new facilities of weapon system manufacturers is especially disrespectful to what used to be a solemn memorial to the waste of war. It now promotes it.
And finally, given the rise of the white, ethno-nationalist extremist threat we are experiencing in Australia, the explicit move of the AWM away from a memorial to tragic loss of human life to celebration of the martial value of 'Australian' (read, white, anglo) manhood is a terrible mistake. But the expansion of this site into a target for extremists of all stripes is obviously already known, hence the inclusion of barriers to prevent the incursion of 'hostile vehicles'.
I know it is a mistake because I can still see no memorial to Australian War Crimes or conscientious objectors. Until there is a gallery tracing the arc of misconduct from Breaker Morant through to 2 Sqn SAS, and all points in between, then we are not really telling the full story of the Australian experience of war, are we? Will there be a section on brave Australians like Andrew Wilkie and Julian Assange, who much more than most exemplify the courage and decency of Australians who have considered the waste of war and taken active measures to inform the public and minimise them? How about the 50,000 who marched in anti-Iraq War protests and were proven right about the lies for which that war was fought? There are very important lessons that can be learnt from the Australian experience of war and by deliberately ignoring these, and the frontier wars, then the AWM is perpetuating white, ethno-nationalist myth-making instead of safe-guarding a solemn and safe memorial for everyone.
Please stop now.
Please reconsider this entire project, leave the trees and the existing buildings alone and lets have another public conversation of the waste of war once the lessons from 20 years of folly in Afg have been internalised.
Additionally, the tone and purpose of the AWM has for a long time been more celebratory than sombre and reflective. The use by the existing facilities, and expanded use in the new facilities of weapon system manufacturers is especially disrespectful to what used to be a solemn memorial to the waste of war. It now promotes it.
And finally, given the rise of the white, ethno-nationalist extremist threat we are experiencing in Australia, the explicit move of the AWM away from a memorial to tragic loss of human life to celebration of the martial value of 'Australian' (read, white, anglo) manhood is a terrible mistake. But the expansion of this site into a target for extremists of all stripes is obviously already known, hence the inclusion of barriers to prevent the incursion of 'hostile vehicles'.
I know it is a mistake because I can still see no memorial to Australian War Crimes or conscientious objectors. Until there is a gallery tracing the arc of misconduct from Breaker Morant through to 2 Sqn SAS, and all points in between, then we are not really telling the full story of the Australian experience of war, are we? Will there be a section on brave Australians like Andrew Wilkie and Julian Assange, who much more than most exemplify the courage and decency of Australians who have considered the waste of war and taken active measures to inform the public and minimise them? How about the 50,000 who marched in anti-Iraq War protests and were proven right about the lies for which that war was fought? There are very important lessons that can be learnt from the Australian experience of war and by deliberately ignoring these, and the frontier wars, then the AWM is perpetuating white, ethno-nationalist myth-making instead of safe-guarding a solemn and safe memorial for everyone.
Please stop now.
Please reconsider this entire project, leave the trees and the existing buildings alone and lets have another public conversation of the waste of war once the lessons from 20 years of folly in Afg have been internalised.
Bean Building Extension and Central Energy Plant
The entire project should be cancelled. It is an inappropriate time for spending such a large amount of money on works that do not need to occur.
Additionally, the tone and purpose of the AWM has for a long time been more celebratory than sombre and reflective. The use by the existing facilities, and expanded use in the new facilities of weapon system manufacturers is especially disrespectful to what used to be a solemn memorial to the waste of war. It now promotes it.
And finally, given the rise of the white, ethno-nationalist extremist threat we are experiencing in Australia, the explicit move of the AWM away from a memorial to tragic loss of human life to celebration of the martial value of 'Australian' (read, white, anglo) manhood is a terrible mistake. But the expansion of this site into a target for extremists of all stripes is obviously already known, hence the inclusion of barriers to prevent the incursion of 'hostile vehicles'.
I know it is a mistake because I can still see no memorial to Australian War Crimes or conscientious objectors. Until there is a gallery tracing the arc of misconduct from Breaker Morant through to 2 Sqn SAS, and all points in between, then we are not really telling the full story of the Australian experience of war, are we? Will there be a section on brave Australians like Andrew Wilkie and Julian Assange, who much more than most exemplify the courage and decency of Australians who have considered the waste of war and taken active measures to inform the public and minimise them? How about the 50,000 who marched in anti-Iraq War protests and were proven right about the lies for which that war was fought? There are very important lessons that can be learnt from the Australian experience of war and by deliberately ignoring these, and the frontier wars, then the AWM is perpetuating white, ethno-nationalist myth-making instead of safe-guarding a solemn and safe memorial for everyone.
Please stop now.
Please reconsider this entire project, leave the trees and the existing buildings alone and lets have another public conversation of the waste of war once the lessons from 20 years of folly in Afg have been internalised.
Additionally, the tone and purpose of the AWM has for a long time been more celebratory than sombre and reflective. The use by the existing facilities, and expanded use in the new facilities of weapon system manufacturers is especially disrespectful to what used to be a solemn memorial to the waste of war. It now promotes it.
And finally, given the rise of the white, ethno-nationalist extremist threat we are experiencing in Australia, the explicit move of the AWM away from a memorial to tragic loss of human life to celebration of the martial value of 'Australian' (read, white, anglo) manhood is a terrible mistake. But the expansion of this site into a target for extremists of all stripes is obviously already known, hence the inclusion of barriers to prevent the incursion of 'hostile vehicles'.
I know it is a mistake because I can still see no memorial to Australian War Crimes or conscientious objectors. Until there is a gallery tracing the arc of misconduct from Breaker Morant through to 2 Sqn SAS, and all points in between, then we are not really telling the full story of the Australian experience of war, are we? Will there be a section on brave Australians like Andrew Wilkie and Julian Assange, who much more than most exemplify the courage and decency of Australians who have considered the waste of war and taken active measures to inform the public and minimise them? How about the 50,000 who marched in anti-Iraq War protests and were proven right about the lies for which that war was fought? There are very important lessons that can be learnt from the Australian experience of war and by deliberately ignoring these, and the frontier wars, then the AWM is perpetuating white, ethno-nationalist myth-making instead of safe-guarding a solemn and safe memorial for everyone.
Please stop now.
Please reconsider this entire project, leave the trees and the existing buildings alone and lets have another public conversation of the waste of war once the lessons from 20 years of folly in Afg have been internalised.
Anzac Hall and Glazed Link
The entire project should be cancelled. It is an inappropriate time for spending such a large amount of money on works that do not need to occur.
Additionally, the tone and purpose of the AWM has for a long time been more celebratory than sombre and reflective. The use by the existing facilities, and expanded use in the new facilities of weapon system manufacturers is especially disrespectful to what used to be a solemn memorial to the waste of war. It now promotes it.
And finally, given the rise of the white, ethno-nationalist extremist threat we are experiencing in Australia, the explicit move of the AWM away from a memorial to tragic loss of human life to celebration of the martial value of 'Australian' (read, white, anglo) manhood is a terrible mistake. But the expansion of this site into a target for extremists of all stripes is obviously already known, hence the inclusion of barriers to prevent the incursion of 'hostile vehicles'.
I know it is a mistake because I can still see no memorial to Australian War Crimes or conscientious objectors. Until there is a gallery tracing the arc of misconduct from Breaker Morant through to 2 Sqn SAS, and all points in between, then we are not really telling the full story of the Australian experience of war, are we? Will there be a section on brave Australians like Andrew Wilkie and Julian Assange, who much more than most exemplify the courage and decency of Australians who have considered the waste of war and taken active measures to inform the public and minimise them? How about the 50,000 who marched in anti-Iraq War protests and were proven right about the lies for which that war was fought? There are very important lessons that can be learnt from the Australian experience of war and by deliberately ignoring these, and the frontier wars, then the AWM is perpetuating white, ethno-nationalist myth-making instead of safe-guarding a solemn and safe memorial for everyone.
Please stop now.
Please reconsider this entire project, leave the trees and the existing buildings alone and lets have another public conversation of the waste of war once the lessons from 20 years of folly in Afg have been internalised.
Additionally, the tone and purpose of the AWM has for a long time been more celebratory than sombre and reflective. The use by the existing facilities, and expanded use in the new facilities of weapon system manufacturers is especially disrespectful to what used to be a solemn memorial to the waste of war. It now promotes it.
And finally, given the rise of the white, ethno-nationalist extremist threat we are experiencing in Australia, the explicit move of the AWM away from a memorial to tragic loss of human life to celebration of the martial value of 'Australian' (read, white, anglo) manhood is a terrible mistake. But the expansion of this site into a target for extremists of all stripes is obviously already known, hence the inclusion of barriers to prevent the incursion of 'hostile vehicles'.
I know it is a mistake because I can still see no memorial to Australian War Crimes or conscientious objectors. Until there is a gallery tracing the arc of misconduct from Breaker Morant through to 2 Sqn SAS, and all points in between, then we are not really telling the full story of the Australian experience of war, are we? Will there be a section on brave Australians like Andrew Wilkie and Julian Assange, who much more than most exemplify the courage and decency of Australians who have considered the waste of war and taken active measures to inform the public and minimise them? How about the 50,000 who marched in anti-Iraq War protests and were proven right about the lies for which that war was fought? There are very important lessons that can be learnt from the Australian experience of war and by deliberately ignoring these, and the frontier wars, then the AWM is perpetuating white, ethno-nationalist myth-making instead of safe-guarding a solemn and safe memorial for everyone.
Please stop now.
Please reconsider this entire project, leave the trees and the existing buildings alone and lets have another public conversation of the waste of war once the lessons from 20 years of folly in Afg have been internalised.