STOP TALISMAN SABRE NO WAR GAMES

The Australian Government is hosting Talisman Sabre, a huge US-Australian military exercise in July.

We oppose these war games because

· They are held on land which belongs to the Aboriginal people.

· They are designed to practice aggression and offensive military
strategies, not to defend Australia or protect its people.

· They are intended to train Australian military personnel to take US
military orders – the so-called “seamless interoperability”.

· The exercises will cost well over $100 million, an obscene amount in these
times of economic recession and on top of the $62 million spent every
single day by the government on the military.

· They will cause serious environmental damage in a beautiful area near the
irreplaceable Great Barrier Reef.



JOIN THE PEACE CONVERGENCE

Rockhampton – Yeppoon

July 10 – 13

Travel:

Tickets on the Sydney Bus cost $280 per person return. One way tickets are not available.

The Sydney bus is being organised as part of the Peace and Activism training course at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. For details of this and the travel itinerary, please see the reverse side of the leaflet. Participants in the course have first preference for seats on the bus.

Thursday July 9 leave Sydney 7 am; arrive Brisbane 11 pm approx.

Friday July 10 leave Brisbane 8 am; arrive Rockhampton 5pm

Set up camp. Public meeting in Rockhampton

Saturday July 11 Sydney group meeting 9 am

March and beach front rally in Yeppoon

Sunday July 12 Peace Convergence activities in Rockhampton

Monday July 13 depart campsite 10 am

Tuesday July 14 arrive Sydney 11 am approx

Accommodation:

The Council camping site where almost all the activists will stay has toilets, showers, a small shop and some other facilities.

Camping: camping sites cost $20 per night – a total of $60 for the 3 nights.

Cabins: A limited number of cabins are available at the site. They contain one double bed and three bunk beds and cost $65 for 2 people plus $10 for each extra person per night. If five people are sharing, the 3 nights will therefore cost each person $57.

For travel and accommodation bookings, please contact
Dr Hannah Middleton on (02) 9351 4468 or 0418 668 098

Bookings must be made by the end of April