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MEDIA RELEASE: Indonesia and Solomon Islands ratify nuclear weapon ban treaty.
Indonesia and the Solomon Islands are among the newest state parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), making Australia increasingly an outlier within the Asia-Pacific region. The Indonesian foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, and Solomon...
Lawyers for Peace Open Letter to the PM
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Dear Prime Minister Albanese, As Australian lawyers, we believe that international law can play a powerful role in nuclear disarmament and the creation of new norms, leading to increased peace and security for all. Under your leadership, Australia...
Media Release: Australian Lawyers call on PM to sign nuclear weapon ban treaty
MEDIA RELEASE: Australian Lawyers call on PM to sign nuclear weapon ban treaty Today, on the 79th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, a group of Australian lawyers have called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to sign the Treaty on...
The Guardian: Nuclear ‘loophole’ on uranium transfers needs closing, UN forum told
The Guardian, Daniel Hurst 24 July 2024 Nuclear ‘loophole’ on uranium transfers needs closing, UN forum told The world should close a “loophole” that allows countries with nuclear weapons to transfer highly enriched uranium to non-nuclear weapons states such as...
Media Release: Civil society claims AUKUS exacerbates nuclear proliferation risks
CAMPAIGN NEWS:24 July 2024 The Australian-born Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is among 125 civil society organisations to join a statement delivered to a conference of the nations that have joined...
AUKUS civil society statement delivered to the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting
CAMPAIGN NEWS:The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) began its second session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Thomas Huckans, a youth activist from the...
Pine Gap’s secret expansion
A new article by Peter Cronau states that ‘the expansion of Pine Gap’s capabilities to assist a US strike on China amplifies the risk of … a nuclear war’. It highlights the dangers of Australia assisting in nuclear war planning and is clearly contrary to the spirit of...
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...