International Day Against Nuclear Tests 2026

International Day Against Nuclear Tests 2026

Aug 29, 2026 | Campaign Updates

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International Day Against Nuclear Tests 2026

Responding to Global Threats: How the TPNW compliments the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly declared 29 August the International Day against Nuclear Tests to increase awareness and education about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.

The International Day against Nuclear Tests  and anniversary of the first mainland test in Australia are opportunities for all Australians to refocus efforts on the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons and the role of the Treaty on the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in building on the existing disarmament architecture, including the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and driving progress on international cooperation to support communities impacted by nuclear weapons testing. 

“Nuclear tests do not prove strength. They shatter trust, invite reciprocal tests, fuel a nuclear arms race and betray every community still living with the legacy of past nuclear tests. Let’s remember why this Day exists. Let’s re-commit to ending nuclear testing.”

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations

Nuclear weapons testing in Australia

Beginning in 1952 the British government, with agreement from the Australian government of the day, began a regime of nuclear weapons testing in Western Australia’s Monte Bello Islands, and at Emu Field and Maralinga in South Australia. 

These tests saw fallout over much of the Australian mainland and further into the Pacific. The impacts of these tests have disproportionately affected many First Nations groups, who have cared for this country for many thousands of years.

Today, the legacy of British nuclear weapons testing in Australia continues to unfold. Survivors suffer from higher rates of cancer than the general population due to their exposure to radiation. Only a few have ever been compensated. Much of the traditional lands used for the blasts remain radioactive and off-limits to this day.

Australia, nuclear testing and international law

Australia brought the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) text into the UN General Assembly for endorsement in 1996 and ratified the CTBT in 1998. Australia continues to lead resolutions on the CTBT in United Nations fora.  The current Director-General of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) is Australia diplomat Dr Robert Floyd.

Nuclear testing is also prohibited by the various regional nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties, including the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga), which Australia ratified on 11 December 1986, which enabled its entry into force. 

Under Article 6 of the Treaty of Rarotonga, Australia has made a legal undertaking “[t]o prevent in its territory the testing of any nuclear explosive device” and “[n]ot to take any action to assist or encourage the testing of any nuclear explosive device by any State”.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was drafted to work in complementarity with the CTBT and all other international disarmament instruments, including the Nuclear-Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The nuclear-weapon-free zone treaties, the CTBT and the TPNW all work together to reinforce the global norm against all forms of nuclear testing.  The TPNW’s legally binding prohibition on nuclear testing is especially important given that the CTBT is not yet binding on the states that have ratified it as pending its ratification by certain specified states, it has not yet entered into force.

Australia has yet to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, despite joining all other relevant nuclear disarmament agreements. How do the CTBT and TPNW compare and compliment each other?

Responding to Global Threats

When the CTBT was originally developed, explosive nuclear testing was a key step in the development of new types of more sophisticated and thermonuclear nuclear weapons, and thus a ban on test explosions was hoped to be a significant non-proliferation measure, impeding the development of new types of weapons. 

However, by the 1990s, non-explosive testing of nuclear weapons through computer simulations and various laboratory-based methods, including hydrodynamic and hydronuclear testing, enabled the development and deployment of new types of nuclear weapons without them being explosively tested. 

France, for example, only ended its Pacific nuclear test explosions once it was confident it had developed non- explosive testing methods sufficiently for new weapons development. Thus while ending nuclear test explosions avoids substantial long-term health and environmental harms, its effectiveness as a non-proliferation measure has largely been lost.

Prior to the adoption of the TPNW, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not subject to a categorical ban, despite their catastrophic humanitarian consequences. The new agreement thus fills a major gap in international law.

History shows that the prohibition of certain types of weapons facilitates progress towards their elimination. Weapons that have been outlawed by international treaties are increasingly seen as illegitimate, losing their political status.

Arms companies find it more difficult to acquire funds for work on illegal weapons, and such work carries a significant reputational risk. Banks, pension funds and other financial institutions divest from these producers.

The nuclear weapon ban treaty complements the prohibitions on biological and chemical weapons, land mines and cluster munitions, and reinforces various other legal instruments on nuclear weapons, including the non-proliferation treaty of 1968.

Provisions and Verification

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions and any other nuclear explosions.

The CTBT contains provisions in relation to the development of monitoring stations, on-site inspections and confidence-building measures which contribute to the global verification regime.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons reinforces the normative pressure on States to make progress on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, including the ratification of the CTBT.

The TPNW includes a specific reference to the CTBT in its preamble, which recognises the vital importance of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and its verification regime as a core element of the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime.

The TPNW preamble also acknowledges the “unacceptable suffering and harm” caused to people as a result of nuclear testing, and “the disproportionate impact of nuclear-weapon activities on indigenous peoples”.

Reducing and outlawing nuclear weapons

While the CTBT welcomes reductions in arsenals of nuclear weapons, and the prevention of nuclear proliferation in all its aspects, it does not prohibit or outlaw the possession of nuclear weapons.

The TPNW prohibits nations from developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, transferring, possessing, stockpiling, using or threatening to use nuclear weapons, or allowing nuclear weapons to be stationed on their territory. It also prohibits them from assisting, encouraging or inducing anyone to engage in any of these activities.

International participation

187 states have signed and 178 have ratified the CTBT. But the treaty is not yet in force. 

The CTBT requires 8 additional specific states* to ratify before the treaty can enter into force and take legal effect. Regrettably, action by these states appears unlikely for the foreseeable future. 

* States that have not ratified the CTBT, but must do so for the treaty to enter into force: China (People’s Republic of), Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan and the United States.

The TPNW entered into force in 2021. It has been signed by 94 and ratified by 70 states to date.

Supporting survivors of nuclear weapons use and testing

The CTBT does not contain positive obligations for states parties to support victims of nuclear testing or remediate impacted environments. 

Article 6 of the TPNW requires states parties to provide victim assistance and environmental remediation to individuals and areas under their jurisdiction or control affected by the use or testing of nuclear weapons.

In Conclusion

The TPNW supports, builds on and extends the provisions of the CTBT, contributing to the overlapping, mutually reinforcing international architecture against explosive nuclear testing, and supporting nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.

The broader and more comprehensive prohibitions in the TPNW are all the more important as it has entered into legal force, whereas there is no foreseeable prospect of the CTBT doing so.

Further, the TPNW’s comprehensive and categorical prohibitions on nuclear weapons activities fulfil and extend the CTBT’s hoped-for non-proliferation benefits.

“By establishing a legal framework to achieve the end-goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world, the [TPNW] complements several disarmament-related instruments and initiatives, such as the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the negotiation of a fissile material cut-off treaty, stockpile reduction negotiations and nuclear risk reduction.”

Complementarity with the Existing Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Regime

Submitted to the First Meeting of States parties to the TPNW, Vienna 2022, Working paper submitted by Ireland and Thailand in their capacity as co-facilitators

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Media Release: ICAN Australia Raises Safety Concerns After Henderson Defence Site Announcement

Media Release: ICAN Australia Raises Safety Concerns After Henderson Defence Site Announcement

Aug 27, 2026 | Campaign Updates, Media Release

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Media Release: ICAN Australia Raises Safety Concerns After Henderson Defence Site Announcement

Perth — The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia is deeply concerned about the risks to the local and wider community from both the AUKUS-linked Henderson Defence Precinct and the effective basing of US submarines at Stirling Naval Base.

The infrastructure expansion across Henderson and HMAS Stirling, combined with adjacent residential and housing developments, effectively establishes a major US naval base in Western Australia. This significantly elevates Perth as a high priority target if there is conflict.

This situation becomes more critical from 2030 onwards, when potentially nuclear-armed U.S. Virginia-class submarines begin operating in Australia – a move that could directly breach our commitments under the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone (Rarotonga) Treaty. Currently the Government does not ask if US platforms are carrying nuclear weapons and instead relies on the Trump administration to respect our treaty obligations. ICAN Australia believes Australians have a right to know and a right to say no.

Add to this the possibility of reactor accidents on nuclear-powered vessels. There can be no assurances of absolute safety and this should be addressed with appropriate community action plans for nearby suburbs so that real risks can be managed. This must also include dealing with the long-term hazards associated with the management and disposal of radioactive waste created by nuclear-powered submarines. Beyond routine low-level maintenance waste, the highly enriched uranium fuel used in nuclear submarine reactors will present a serious security and environmental threat for millennia.

“At the start of its life, a nuclear submarine’s reactor fuel is equivalent to 24 nuclear weapons, and even spent fuel contains enough to make 15,” said Dr. Margaret Beavis, Co-Chair of ICAN Australia. “Any disposal site will require high-level military security for thousands of years.” 

First Nations communities have been repeatedly targeted to have this waste imposed on their country. Communities affected by British nuclear detonations in the 1950s continue to live with the ongoing health and environmental impact of the contamination of their land from.  

“I am very concerned that there are so many unanswered questions about Australia acquiring nuclear powered submarines. For starters, where is the nuclear waste that will be generated going to be stored? We know better than anyone that there are serious implications to going nuclear,” said Karina Lester, ICAN Ambassador and Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman whose community is still affected by nuclear waste from British testing.

Federal and state leaders must stop glossing over the grave risks of hosting nuclear submarines in Australia. To be a responsible partner and good neighbour, Australia must uphold its obligations to a nuclear-weapon-free region and bolster this position by making good on the Labor Party’s commitment to sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. 

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Labor members call for ‘Relentless Government Leadership’ on Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty at 50th National Conference

Labor members call for ‘Relentless Government Leadership’ on Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty at 50th National Conference

Jul 25, 2026 | Campaign Updates

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Labor members call for ‘Relentless Government Leadership’ on Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty at 50th National Conference

“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 Party’s commitment to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and deliver calls for urgent action towards signature of the Treaty in this term of government.

Labor first committed to signing and ratifying the TPNW at its National Conference in 2018, reaffirming that commitment in 2021 and in 2023. This platform commitment has remained largely unchanged for eight years, and after more than five years in Government, expectation is growing for delivery of this promise to the Australian people.

As part of the Conference proceedings, Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson MP submitted a Resolution which highlighted Labor’s long history of shaping multilateral efforts on nonproliferation and disarmament. The Resolution also drew attention to rising nuclear risks in times growing conflict and and global instability, and highlighted general areas of work that Labor will focus on in coming years on nuclear weapons issues, including ongoing engagement with the TPNW.

Delegates speaking to the Resolution took the opportunity to press Party leadership to move the longstanding platform commitment forward.

Josh Wilson MP, Labor’s Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of the TPNW,  called for steps towards signature of the TPNW in this term of government, including the proposal for new Parliamentary Inquiry.

Referencing AUKUS, Linda Scott, former Labor councillor at the City of Sydney, said that “Nothing will stop us from keeping our commitment to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons’.

Michael Pilbrow, a New South Wales rank and file delegate called for relentless goverenment leadership, and reminded the Conference of Prime Minister Albanese’s comments when he moved the historic motion in 2018 that joining the TNPW would be “Labor at its best.”

Labor’s platform commitment to sign an ratify the TPNW in Government was reaffirmed in the 2026 platform, along with a new addition to platform text which affirms that Australian defence programs, policies and agreements will continue to be consistent with the Party’s longstanding platform commitments.

Read Labor's updated 2026 Platform here

The Resolution passed on 5 July 2026 at the ALP National Conference reads:

This Conference recognises that:

  • Nuclear weapons present an existential threat to humanity;
  • The critical importance of effective nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament work has grown more acute at a time of conflict and instability;
  • Recent concerning developments that include reference to the use of ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons and reference to the resumption of ‘sub-critical’ nuclear weapons tests, in addition to the destabilising practice of nuclear missile testing;
  • Australia has a proud and significant record of shaping and maintaining the multilateral nonproliferation and disarmament framework that has reduced global nuclear weapon stockpiles and has militated against the spread of nuclear weapon capability; and
  • Labor is committed to achieving a world without nuclear weapons;
  • On that basis, and to support the continuation of Labor’s commitment to this vital cause, this conference resolves that Labor in government will continue to lead Australia’s efforts to strengthen global nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, including by championing practical risk-reduction measures, advancing regional initiatives that strengthen security and confidence, engaging with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, galvanising efforts for a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and working through multilateral frameworks and initiatives, including the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the cornerstone of the international disarmament and non-proliferation regime, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to deliver sustained progress towards a world without nuclear weapons.
Read ICAN's media release here

Delegates – there is a danger when rightly we say on many occasions that nuclear weapons present an existential threat to life on Planet Earth, that we become numb to those words and comfortable with that state of affairs.

That is why in government we have redoubled Australia’s efforts to advance the cause of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in keeping with Labor’s longstanding principled commitment to achieving a world without nuclear weapons.

That is why in 2018 we made a commitment to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, while seeking to advance the complementarity and universality of that landmark agreement – and I believe that work should be carried forward through a Parliamentary inquiry in the same way that we delivered important change with respect to ‘war powers’.

In the current Australian Parliament, 120 of the 226 Members and Senators have signed the ICAN pledge in support of the TPNW, including 96 members of the Labor Caucus.

At a time of persistent and serious conflict; at a time when the multilateral system is under pressure; at a time when we’ve heard existing nuclear weapon states under the NPT make thinly-veiled threats to use so-called ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons; and other states refer to the resumption of ‘sub-critical’ nuclear weapon testing – we cannot be relaxed about the status quo.

Australia has a tradition of global leadership on nuclear disarmament – and on other areas of weapons control, like land mines and cluster munitions – even where that doesn’t align with the position of every international partner and ally.

I’m proud to come from a community in Fremantle that has a distinctive tradition of anti-nuclear advocacy.

As a delegate who was proud to be part of the 2018 Labor Conference here in Adelaide that secured commitments to recognise the State of Palestine and to sign and ratify the TPNW, I am grateful to be part of a Labor government that has recognised Palestine.

As the Labor convenor of the Parliamentary Friends of the TPNW I’m determined to work with colleagues in the Party, in the Union movement, and civil society to see this Labor government sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Josh Wilson MP

Member for Fremantle, Australian Labor Party

Delegates, I commend and endorse the amendment and rise to speak to an additional clause in the platform secured through the national policy forum process on behalf of the mighty Sydney rank and file delegates who elected me to this conference, and with enormous thanks to the Nobel prize winning ICAN for their patient, principled and profound advocacy.

Delegates, the clause reads that “Labor affirms that Australian defence programs, policies and agreement will continue to be consistent with our longstanding commitment to nuclear non-proliferation and safety, including those contained in the Nuclear Disarmament Statement in Detail.”

This clause matters. Many years ago, I promised Tom Uren I would never stop fighting and working for peace and nuclear non-proliferation. and I stand here today firmly holding his memory.

This clause reaffirms in black and white in our binding platform that our defence programs, like AUKUS, will remain consistent with our long-standing commitment to nuclear non-proliferation.

Nothing will stop us from keeping our commitment to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

This is not a footnote, it is Labor’s founding faith restated, that peace is not passive, it is a pursuit, disarmament is not a dream it is a discipline, that safety is not a slogan it is a strategy. We’re the party of Doc Evatt, who helped draft that UN Charter, we are the party of the mighty Penny Wong, world champion of peace and diplomacy.

Labor is the only political party who knows that Australia’s voice, used wisely, can be a force for a safer world. Non-proliferation is a promise we will not break. Peace, real lasting hard-won peace, remains Labor’s highest purpose.

Delegates, I commend the amendment and the chapter to you.

Linda Scott

Labor National Policy Forum Member, New South Wales Labor

Delegates, as a young man, I had the honor of knowinga great son of Adelaide, Gordon Bilney, former member for Kingston.

Gordon was a Labor Minister who stood with our Pacific neighbours against French nuclear testing in the 1990’s.

He fought to ensure the Pacific would never again bear the burden of nuclear weapons.

Fast forward to the 2018 National Conference which resolved that Labor in government would sign and ratify the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty.

Our party leadership then siad this was ‘Labor at its best’.

And we need to continue to be our best in government by progressing this promise with urgency.

This Government consistently engages with the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, and we should be proud of this.

With this Resolution, we urge relentless government leadership that draws inspiration from the Nobel Prize winning ICAN.

Real steps forward to sign and ratify the Treaty.

And a world without nuclear weapons.

I commend the resolution to the floor.

Michael Pilbrow

NSW Rank and File Delegate, Australian Labor Party

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Media Release: Australian Labor Party advances position on joining the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

Media Release: Australian Labor Party advances position on joining the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

Jul 25, 2026 | Campaign Updates, Media Release

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Media Release: Australian Labor Party advances position on joining the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

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 and ratifying of the Treaty.

Linda Scott, National Policy Forum member, addressed delegates celebrating the updated platform, saying:

“This clause reaffirms in black and white in our binding platform that our defence programs, like AUKUS, will remain consistent with our longstanding commitment to nuclear non-proliferation. Nothing will stop us from keeping our commitment to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.”

She further reminded delegates of the Labor’s proud history on nuclear disarmament and profound responsibility of Labor to uphold the party’s values:  

“This is not a footnote. This is Labor’s founding faith… that peace is not passive, it is pursued. Disarmament is not a dream, it is a discipline.”

This updated platform was backed by strong calls at the National Conference to join TPNW in this term of government. Addressing the Conference, Federal member for Fremantle and Labor Convenor of the Parliamentary Friends of the TPNW Josh Wilson called for a parliamentary inquiry to progress Australia joining the Treaty and said:

“I’m determined to work with colleagues in the Party, in the Union movement, and civil society to see this Labor government sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.”

NSW Delegate Michael Pilbrow reminded the Conference of Prime Minister Albanese’s comments when he moved the historic motion in 2018 that joining the TNPW would be “Labor at its best.”

“We need to continue to be our best in government by progressing this promise with urgency.”

ICAN International’s Executive Director, The Hon Melissa Parke, a former Labor MP for the federal seat of Fremantle, welcomed the Conference outcome and called for this to be translated into urgent action.

“No timeline has yet been given by this Labor government for acting on this long standing party pledge. The matter is urgent. The precarious state of the world means we need to see the Prime Minister put pen to paper, without delay.”

“The TPNW would prevent nuclear weapons being brought to this country and it would stop current and future Australian governments from engaging in or assisting with nuclear weapon related activities in any way. Such activity would make Australia complicit and would put a nuclear target on our backs.”

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Media Release: US-Saudi enrichment deal sparks fear of nuclear weapons proliferation

Media Release: US-Saudi enrichment deal sparks fear of nuclear weapons proliferation

Jul 23, 2026 | Campaign Updates, Media Release

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Media Release: US-Saudi enrichment deal sparks fear of nuclear weapons proliferation

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 deal does not include rigorous oversight mechanisms and it raises concerns that they will use this technology to create nuclear weapons, as they have previously stated. 

In a highly unstable region, this is concerning; Iran could see this as as a reason to pursue its own nuclear weapons program. Presently, Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons.

“It is reckless and irresponsible to pretend this is not going to enable Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear weapons,” said ICAN’s Executive Director Melissa Parke – who is attending the ALP’s national conference in Adelaide this week. “The US claim they want to remove the nuclear threat from Iran; this move could do the opposite.”

“The world is at a turning point; 100 countries have now signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.”

“The ALP committed to signing the TPNW when in government but are yet to do so. Australia’s signature would send a clear message: there is no safe place for nuclear weapons and facilitating their expansion through unsafe agreements like this will not advance efforts to bring stability to the Middle East,” said Ms. Parke. 

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Media Release: New award-winning documentary exposes unresolved nuclear legacies

Media Release: New award-winning documentary exposes unresolved nuclear legacies

Jul 22, 2026 | Campaign Updates, Media Release

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Media Release: New award-winning documentary exposes unresolved nuclear legacies

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 award-winning British-Canadian filmmaker, Daniel Everitt-Lock, and made over three years, across five countries, including interviews with over fifty victims, survivors and descendants, ‘Our Planet, The People, My Blood’ (2026, 83 mins) serves as a powerful reminder about the human and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons testing. 

Between 1945 and 1996, more than 2,000 nuclear tests were detonated globally, directly exposing Indigenous people, citizens, and military personnel, and contaminating multiple continents. For decades, the physical, psychological and environmental impact of these tests has remained largely absent from public discourse.

The film connects firsthand testimonies from service personnel, First Nations communities, and civilian populations in the Marshall Islands, Australia, the United States, Japan, the UK and beyond—many of whom continue to suffer from cancers, birth defects and generational health conditions. These personal accounts are framed within a broader investigation into government secrecy, institutional denial and the systematic refusal to acknowledge responsibility or provide compensation.

At the centre of the narrative is a landmark legal battle led by nuclear test descendant, Alan Owen, against the UK Ministry of Defence, seeking recognition and justice for affected veterans and communities. The story expands beyond UK borders, revealing how nuclear testing created a global network of victims linked by shared exposure, silence and injustice. 

As nuclear tensions and weapons rhetoric return to the global agenda, ‘Our Planet, The People, My Blood’ reframes nuclear testing not as Cold War history, but as an unresolved humanitarian crisis with ongoing political, ethical and public health implications.

Brought to Australia by Nobel Peace Prize–winning organisation, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) the film will have its Australian premiere ahead of the ALP National Conference in Adelaide on the 23rd of July (The Mercury Cinema), followed by a screening in Perth on the 1st of August (The Backlot Perth), alongside the Australian premiere of First We Bombed New Mexico, directed by Lois Lipman (US). 

Trailers: 

Screening Details:

Including a live panel discussion with Director Daniel Everitt-Lock in conversation with The Hon Melissa Parke, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and former Labor Member for Fremantle, Karina Lester, Yankunytjatjara-Anangu woman, second-generation nuclear test survivor, ambassador for ICAN, and an AUKUS commissioner.

With the Australian Premiere of ‘First We Bombed New Mexico’ (2023, 95 min), directed by Lois Lipman, and including a live panel discussion with: filmmaker, Daniel Everitt-Lock, ICAN Ambassador and nuclear veteran descendant, Maxine Goodwin, The Hon Josh Wilson MP, Federal Member for Fremantle, as well as the Hon Melissa Parke, Executive Director of ICAN International.

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