Campaign Updates
Media Release: Defence Minister highlights nuclear risks – the challenge is to address them
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Against a backdrop of growing international tension and conflict involving nuclear weapons states, Defence Minister Richard Marles told the National Press Club today that the world is on the “foothills of a new nuclear arms race” which “will drive...
Media Release: As tensions rise, Australian and Pacific voices unite to keep nuclear weapons out of Australia
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Against the current global uncertainty and the growing threat of Australia hosting nuclear weapons over 150 civil society organisations across Australia and the Pacific have united in a call for a nuclear weapons free Australia. Led by the...
Israel wants to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. But should it have nuclear weapons itself? ICAN Co-Chair, Marianne Hanson, for The Conversation
CAMPAIGN NEWS:Israel wants to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. But should it have nuclear weapons itself? Marianne Hanson, The University of Queensland Israel’s avowed goal in the Middle East war is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet, the double...
Welcome to our New Director, Janet Craven!
CAMPAIGN NEWS: We are excited to introduce Janet Craven as the new Director of ICAN Australia to help steer the ship during these tumultuous times! Janet brings deep experience in public affairs, humanitarian diplomacy and weapons treaties. Most recently, she served...
Media Release: ICAN Australia alarmed at France’s moves towards nuclear arms race
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The Australian founders of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) have warned that President Macron’s announcement of an expansion of France’s nuclear arsenal risks accelerating a new global arms race. The decision underscores a...
Media Release: ICAN Australia Condemns Strikes on Iran and Calls on Australia to Champion International Law and Diplomacy
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia joins ICAN International to unequivocally condemn yesterday’s military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran. Nuclear-armed states launching unlawful attacks is no way to...
The world is drifting back towards unconstrained nuclear danger – Marianne Hanson
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The world is drifting back towards unconstrained nuclear danger Marianne Hanson for Pearls & Irritations February 19, 2026 With the expiration of the New START treaty and the erosion of arms control agreements, the safeguards that once limited...
Media Release: End of New START escalates risks for Australia
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The collapse of the New START treaty on 5 February removes the last legally binding limits on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals at a time of heightened global tension and nuclear threats. With inspections halted, data exchanges frozen, and no...
The only remaining US‑Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate? – Tilman Ruff for The Conversation
CAMPAIGN NEWS:The only remaining US‑Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate? Tilman Ruff, The University of Melbourne The New START treaty, the last remaining agreement constraining Russian and US nuclear weapons, is due to lapse...
Media Release: Doomsday Clock warns of rising nuclear danger—Australia can still change course
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Today, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists reset the Doomsday Clock from 89 to 85 seconds to midnight, signalling that humanity is moving closer to catastrophe. The new setting reflects a world facing escalating nuclear dangers and a full-blown new...