“The Australian Defence Exports Office (ADEO) is a gift from the government to the weapons’ corporations,” Miriam Torzillo told protesters outside its office. Paul Oboohov reports.
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It may surprise some people to learn that the Brisbane Exhibition Centre, normally the venue for bridal expos and trucking displays, will this year play host to the Land Forces Expo, an arms fair where the business of war will be very much on display.
The Land Forces website claims the expo is ‘…an international industry event to showcase equipment, technology and services for the armies of Australia and the Indo-Asia-Pacific’.