TO THE HONOURABLE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

This petition of concerned Australians draws to the attention of the House that: The United States of America has control of large areas of Australia’s land for its military bases. The USA is the largest foreign investor in Australia, by far, with extensive shareholdings in Australia’s biggest and most profitable corporations and other investments amounting to $1.17 trillion. The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) is heavily in favour of the USA, which enjoyed a trade surplus with Australia in 2023 of $32 billion. 

Australia has supported the USA in every foreign war since the beginning of the 20th century; has supported the US policy of confronting Australia’s biggest trading partner China at the expense of our trade; and has committed to spending $368 billion on the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) agreement to buy nuclear submarines, which has been provocative to our Asia-Pacific neighbours and which experts say are unlikely to ever be delivered. 

Nevertheless, the US government has imposed large tariffs on Australian aluminium and steel, demonstrating that the USA will always put its national interest first, regardless of its allies. This decision confirms it is time for Australia to chart our own course as an independent nation in Asia. We therefore ask the House to: Immediately assert Australia’s independent national interest: cancel the expensive, unreliable, and provocative AUKUS agreement, and invest the money we save in infrastructure and services to benefit Australians.

我們，關心國家前途的澳大利亞公民，鄭重向眾議院提交本請願書，以引起您們對以下問題的關注：

美國在澳大利亞境內掌控大片土地用於軍事基地建設。美國亦是澳大利亞迄今為止最大的外國投資者，持有澳大利亞最大、最盈利企業的大量股份及其他投資，總額高達1.17萬億澳元。《澳大利亞-美國自由貿易協定》（AUSFTA）嚴重傾向於美國，2023年美國對澳貿易順差高達320億澳元。自20世紀初以來，澳大利亞在所有海外戰爭中始終支援美國，並在犧牲本國貿易利益的情況下，追隨美國對抗澳大利亞最大貿易伙伴——中國。此外，澳大利亞還承諾在“澳英美三方安全夥伴關係”（AUKUS）框架下斥資3680億澳元購買核潛艇，而這一決定不僅在亞太地區引發緊張局勢，且專家認為這些潛艇極有可能無法交付。

然而，美國政府仍然對澳大利亞的鋁和鋼材徵收高額關稅，這充分表明，美國始終以自身國家利益為優先，毫不顧及盟友的利益。

這一事實表明，澳大利亞應當作為亞洲的一員，獨立制定符合自身利益的國家發展戰略。

因此，我們請求眾議院：

立即維護澳大利亞的獨立國家利益，取消昂貴、不可行且極具挑釁性的AUKUS協議，並將節省下來的資金投入基礎設施建設和公共服務，以造福全體澳大利亞人民。