2019-04-04
The major parties today voiced no opposition to major weapons manufacturers funding our national institutions.
“Today the Greens spoke against weapons manufacturers’ sponsoring the War Memorial, and a half a billion dollar expansion of the facility. In contrast, Labor and Liberal have no problem with these things,” ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury said today.
“The Greens value the War Memorial as an important part of our national heritage and believe it should be properly resourced to commemorate Australia’s experiences of war.
“But the Liberal Government’s planned half-billion dollar expansion to showcase military hardware is deeply inappropriate—especially when our other National Institutions struggle to get the funds to repair their leaky roofs.”
When it comes to our national institutions, the Greens believe that we must:
- reverse cuts to all national cultural institutions and boost their funding
- establish a National Institutions Council
- end arms manufacturer sponsorship to the War Memorial
- commemorate the Frontier Wars
- recognise and fund the Tent Embassy as a National Institution.