Pine Gap

Quaker Grannies blockade road to Pine Gap with breakfast spread at dawn

Three 鈥淨uaker Grannies for Peace鈥 set up breakfast on the road to Pine Gap on September 26 and invited military personnel arriving for work at the base to sit down with them.

The action is one of a series of events marking the 50th anniversary of the secret US military facility at Pine Gap, by groups advocating for the base鈥檚 closure.

After 50 years, time to close Pine Gap

The Pine Gap military spy base was established 50 years ago on the traditional lands of the Arrernte people, about 20 kilometres outside of Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory. Pine Gap is supposedly a joint US-Australian defence facility, but very little of it is 鈥渏oint鈥 or 鈥渄efence鈥 related.

The secret antennas of US spy base Pine Gap

Under the cover of thick clouds and blinding sun, a drone assignation takes place in the Middle East. Interception of internet messages leads US authorities to a 16-year-old Anonymous group member.

Leaks reveal how Australia helps US spies

鈥淚n God we trust, all others we monitor鈥 鈥 Interceptor Operators motto, NSA study, Deadly Transmissions, December 1970. This chilling quote perfectly summarises the model from which the United States founded their Big Brother approach to intelligence, as more documents leaked by National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden show Australia plays a crucial role in the United States global surveillance operations.