The increasing militarisation and drive to war around the world is taking public money away from essential government spending on things like public housing, education, aged care, childcare and health.

Increased spending on weapons means the money will come from other parts of the budget and as always the most vulnerable in our neo-liberal society will pay the highest cost.

Funding is expected to reach $765 billion over the decade, according to Labor’s 2024 National Defence Strategy plus more announcements on spending around the AUKUS project above and beyond this report.

Speakers include:

Senator David Shoebridge

3CR presenter Mercedes Zanker

Louisa Bassini Inner Melbourne Community Legal

There is an enormous amount of public funding being channelled by the government to the booming weapons manufacturing industries to reaffirm “the Australian Government’s commitment to manufacturing munitions in Australia”.

Come and hear from our speakers how we can resist the push to become a weapons economy and instead fund essential public services.

When

Thursday 16 April

6pm-8.30pm

Where

Blue Room

City of Melbourne's Multicultural Hub

Elizabeth Street

Opposite Queen Victoria Market

https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/multicultural-hub

Fully accessible venue

Free tea and coffee

Free Event but please RSVP as numbers are limited:

https://events.humanitix.com/war-or-public-housing-resist-the-push-to-defund-essential-services

For more information please contact the Save Public Housing Collective:
savepublichousingcollective@gmail.com
www.savepublichousing.com