Melbourne is one stop on Abby Martin's Australian tour in July 2026
US film-maker, author and journalist Abby Martin will visit Melbourne on 27th July 2026 as part of an Australian film and speaking tour.
The tour promotes her new film, Earth’s Greatest Enemy. Organisers describe Martin as a prominent US journalist and film-maker.
Australian dates begin in Perth on 21st July 2026. Martin then travels to Adelaide on 22nd July, Melbourne on 27th July, Wollongong on 28th July and Sydney on 29th July.
During the Adelaide stop, Martin will serve as keynote speaker at the Independent and Peaceful Australia, or IPAN, National Conference.
IPAN National Conference in Adelaide
IPAN sponsors the tour. A coalition of peace, justice, climate and environmental campaign groups will host events around the country.
According to the media alert dated Monday 13th July 2026, the tour comes as debate grows over Australia’s military ties with the United States.
The briefing links that mood to opposition to the US alliance, the genocide in Gaza, the wars in Iran and Lebanon, and a newly announced public inquiry into the AUKUS agreement.
It also says polling in 2026 shows growing public discontent with Australia’s complicity in what organisers call the United States government’s increasingly violent and erratic global conduct.
Martin has worked as a national TV news reporter and anchor in the United States for several decades, the organisers state.
Her published work includes three books. She has also made a number of documentaries, including the feature-length Earth’s Greatest Enemy.
Film director Oliver Stone praised the documentary as “one of the most powerful documentaries I’ve seen on the modern American military.”
IPAN National Chairperson Annette Brownlie said campaign groups had often worked separately despite sharing concerns about militarism, the arms trade and environmental damage.
Brownlie said the film tour would help bring those groups together around what she called “the bloated and polluting military-industrial complex.”
Meanwhile, organisers have offered media interviews with Martin during the visit.
Further tour information appears on the IPAN website and its Linktree page for Earth’s Greatest Enemy. Melbourne is the third Australian stop before the tour moves to Wollongong and Sydney.
