Campaign Updates
Labor members call for ‘Relentless Government Leadership’ on Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty at 50th National Conference
CAMPAIGN NEWS:"Nothing will stop us from keeping our commitment to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” Today in Adelaide, Labor Party members have taken to the floor of the Party's 50th National Conference to reinforce the importance of the...
Media Release: Australian Labor Party advances position on joining the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Adelaide - Today the Australian Labor Party has strengthened their National Platform to facilitate the signature of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) by confirming that AUKUS will not impede Australia's progress on the signing...
Media Release: US-Saudi enrichment deal sparks fear of nuclear weapons proliferation
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia is alarmed by the uranium enrichment deal announced today between the US and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia claims their enrichment capabilities will be for civilian purposes, but the...
Media Release: New award-winning documentary exposes unresolved nuclear legacies
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Amidst growing international tension and conflicts involving nuclear weapon states, a new feature documentary highlighting the global legacy of nuclear testing will make its Australian premiere in Adelaide this week. Written and directed by...
Media Release: Across party lines, parliamentarians unite on Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Ahead of the Australian Labor Party National Conference in Adelaide, a cross-party group of ALP, Greens and Independent federal parliamentarians have united in calling on the Albanese government to sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the...
ICAN Australia welcomes Tonga’s historic step toward a nuclear-free world & calls on Albanese to align with Pacific and also sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia warmly welcomes the Kingdom of Tonga’s decision to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty...
Media Release: Pacific nuclear justice delegation call on PM to sign UN Nuclear Ban Treaty, as 80th and 60th anniversaries of Bikini and Moruroa tests mark a region still seeking justice
CAMPAIGN NEWS: A delegation of Pacific nuclear survivors and advocates is in Canberra today to call on the Australian Prime Minister to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). They are joined by Anangu-Yankunytjatjara woman and...
Labor MP Susan Templeman, moves powerful motion commemorating Pacific nuclear test legacies
CAMPAIGN NEWS:To mark two solemn anniversaries of nuclear testing in the Pacific region. Susan Templeman MP - Labor Member for Macquarie and member of the Parliamentary Friends of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) moved a motion in the Federation...
ICAN Australia submission to AUKUS public inquiry
CAMPAIGN NEWS: On the 11th of June 2026, A/Prof Tilman Ruff AO made a submission to the AUKUS Public Inquiry on behalf of: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia. The long-lasting proliferation dangers of highly-enriched uranium reactor...
Pacific Peace Pilgrimage
CAMPAIGN NEWS: 80 years on from the first of some 300 nuclear explosions conducted in the Pacific, the impact on the fragile ecology of the region and the health and mental well-being of its peoples has been profound and long-lasting. The 'testing' on First Nations...