Campaign News
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MEDIA RELEASE: Cross-party message of hope demonstrates growing support for Australia to sign the nuclear weapon ban treaty.
In a new video released today, members of the Parliamentary Friends of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons renew their support for Australia joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Their joint message demonstrates how...
Parliamentarians release new video in support of Australia joining the TPNW
CAMPAIGN NEWS:Australian parliamentarians from across party lines have renewed their support for Australia joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). In a new video, members of the Parliamentary Friends of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear...
Media Release: It’s time to END our reliance on Extended Nuclear Deterrence
In response to the Albanese Government’s release of the 2024 Defence Strategic Review, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, ICAN Australia, says it’s time for Australia to cease the policy of supporting the use of nuclear weapons on our behalf and to abandon the myth of...
History is calling, Australia must answer
CAMPAIGN NEWS:Last week, myself and a fantastic team of ICAN representatives, led by by our visiting International Executive Director Melissa Parke, returned to Parliament House in Canberra, on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, to talk with Australian parliamentarians...
ICAN submission: Inquiry into Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2023
CAMPAIGN NEWS:It’s been a year since the Australian government unveiled its tripartite deal with the US and the UK to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, forecast to cost up to AU$368 billion by the mid 2050s. ICAN Australian believes this plan jeopardises global...
2MSP summary
CAMPAIGN NEWS:The Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons took place at the United Nations in New York from 27 November to 1 December 2023. 94 countries and over 700 civil society delegates participated. The Australian...
MEDIA RELEASE: Independents pressure Australia on nuclear ban treaty ahead of UN meeting
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE: Independents pressure Australia on nuclear ban treaty ahead of UN meeting November 24th, 2023 11 independent parliamentarians have issued a public call on the Prime Minister to keep Labor’s promise to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the...
ICAN Australia calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
CAMPAIGN NEWS:STATEMENT: ICAN Australia calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza November 2nd, 2023 ICAN Australia supports the urgent calls of the United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza...
MEDIA RELEASE: “Australia should end its ambivalent attitude towards nuclear weapons,” says Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation, ICAN.
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE: “Australia should end its ambivalent attitude towards nuclear weapons,” says Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation, ICAN. October 28th, 2023 At the UN General Assembly’s First Committee today, Australia has failed to take a strong...
Media Release: The Black Mist and The Ban
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE: First Nations atomic survivors and civil society organisations call on the Australian government to sign the nuclear weapon ban treaty, seventy years after the first Emu Field atomic test. Today is the 70th anniversary of the first nuclear...