Australia
In contrast to New Zealand, APF have a much more low-key presence in Australia. The most notable member of the organisation in this country was Margaret Holmes, a lifelong peace activist, prominent in many anti-war organisations, notably the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom., . Author Michelle Cavanagh published a readily-available biography of Holmes in 2006 . Margaret Holmes died on September 10, 2009, at the age of 100 .
For many years, the secretary of APF in Australia was a priest from Melbourne, the Very Reverend David Thawley, a Second World War conscientious objector who was proactive in promoting the organisation and working on various committees within the Church and alongside secular anti-war organisations . Since 2005, the Secretary of the Australian Chapter has been the Bishop Philip Huggins, also from Melbourne in Victoria .
Another member of APF in Australia is the young Anglican thinker and anti-military activist, David Le Sage, who has organised fundraisers for African refugees and been involved in some protest activities in his native Tasmania. David Le Sage has written academic research on the pacifist ideology of notable British writers of the 1930s . A published author, from January 2009, he lead peace education in a teaching role at a private Christian school in Brisbane before going onto work as a head technical writer for one of the world's leading software companies. Like Bedggood, David Le Sage has worked with Franciscans and Quakers.
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