Research by the Nautilus Institute has revealed what some analysts have labelled a ‘colonisation’ of Australia’s military by the United States. With more than half of the military facilities in Australia having access by either the US military or US defence corporations, many are asking – could this drag Australia unwillingly into war?
See a map of all the US and Australian military bases across the country, including Pine Gap in the Northern Territory, the highly secretive joint Australian-US satellite communications and signals intelligence surveillance base established by the CIA in 1966