The #Victorian #Greens have criticised #JacintaAllan’s government for bringing the #weaponsexpo #LandForces back to #Melbourne in 2028, saying they are “completely out of touch”.

It comes after the government announced it would be bringing the expo back in 2028 on Tuesday afternoon. The expo was cancelled in Melbourne and announced in Perth for 2026.

In 2024, there was a public outcry and protests at the conference and allegations of #excessive #police tactics and #force used against #protesters.

The Greens spokesperson for peace and disarmament, #GabrielledeVietri, said:

“The public have made it very clear that they do not want this weapons trading expo in our peaceful city.

Jacinta Allan’s #LaborGovernment would prefer to prop up an industry designed to kill than listen to the people they are supposed to represent.

Jacinta Allan’s Labor Government couldn’t be more transparent – they moved Land Forces to Perth in an election year to avoid scrutiny and mass protests just before an election but are happy to keep dealing in war and weapons in plain sight once the election is done and dusted.” #auspol

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/04/ten-arrested-as-police-pepper-spray-protesters-who-tried-to-blockade-sydney-weapons-expo

#Blockades #Elbit #Gaza #militaryindustrialcomplex #Palestine #Solidarity
#WeaponsExpo

Thought for this morning about the "Defence Expo" in Melbourne - a supermarket of death machines.

There should be mandatory unit pricing on weapons, just like there is for coffee.

Instead of 'cents per 100 grams', we'd need 'dollars per death' or 'deaths per 1000 dollars' or somesuch. Not sure whether the fraction should go one way up or the other. I suppose if virological weapons are on sale, it have to be megadeaths per dollar. Maybe we need a log scale? log(deaths) / dollar? In a mandatory readable font right there on the price tag.

I imagine the sellers of anti-drone weapons might cry foul, because robot deaths still don't count. For them maybe we could introduce some kind of 'nutrition 5-star' labeling system? One star for basic destruction, 5 stars for the full-fibre explode-a-rama with added grainy video confirmation.

#stupid #mmmmmCoffee
#halfPriceDeathSaleNowOn
#weaponsExpo
#melbourne
#CanIBuyANukePleaseTony

There should be no #WeaponsExpo in #Australia. No military expo in #Meanjin, #Brisbane.

We would like to commend the #DisruptLandForces protestors.

disruptlandforces.org

#protest #militaryIndustrialComplex #MICIMATT #defundUSA #defundMilitarism #useBitcoin #autonomousDrones #roboticDogs #killerRobots #comingHomeToRoost #antiWarProtests #noMoreWar #revolutionNow