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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Grassroots Labor group urges Albanese government to chart course away from ‘American war machine’

Penny Wong in front of US and Australian flags
The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, told the Senate on Monday the US military presence in the country is ‘at Australia’s invitation’, and that the defence sites were ‘Australian bases under Australian command’. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

The US has “led Australia into wars of aggression” for 50 years, internal party campaign group Labor Against War has argued, urging the government to chart a foreign policy independent “from the American war machine”.

The Australian government has defended the growing presence of the US military on the Australian continent, insisting the defence sites “are Australian bases under Australian control”, despite evidence the US military controls more than a dozen bases on Australian territory.

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