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ICAN AUSTRALIA IN THE MEDIA
ICAN is a coalition of non-government organisations in one hundred countries advocating for all nations to sign, ratify and implement the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Our work in Australia is focused on building public support and political commitment for this goal.
Below is a list of media releases and news stories featuring Australia and the ban.
Media Releases
25.09.24 Indonesia and Solomon Islands ratify nuclear weapon ban treaty
09.08.24 Australian Lawyers call on PM to sign nuclear weapon ban treaty
24.07.24 Civil society claims AUKUS exacerbates nuclear proliferation risks
24.04.24 It’s time to END our reliance on Extended Nuclear Deterrence
24.11.23 Independents pressure Australia on nuclear ban treaty ahead of UN meeting
15.10.23 Seventy years since the Emu Field atomic test
18.08.23 Labor re-commits to signing treaty banning nuclear weapons
13.06.23 Atomic Survivors travel thousands of kilometres to call on PM to sign nuclear weapon ban treaty
25.04.23 Time to END policy of Extended Nuclear Deterrence
14.03.23 Nuclear-powered submarines dramatically increase proliferation risks
17.02.23 No [air] space for ambiguity with nuclear-capable B-52s
25.01.23 Doomsday Clock Announcement Signifies Nuclear Threat is Greater Than Ever
22.01.23 Parliamentarians plea for a world without nuclear weapons
09.11.22 Australia must make its own decision on nuclear weapons treaty
23.09.22 Ten independents call for progress on nuclear ban treaty
20.06.22 Former Ambassadors urge PM to join nuclear ban treaty
18.06.22 Australia to attend first Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW
20.02.22 Doomsday Clock: Australia’s imperative to step up on nuclear weapons
16.09.21 Nuclear by stealth? Concerns grow over nuclear submarine plan
27.01.21 Doomsday Clock announcement amidst new opportunities to progress nuclear disarmament
22.01.21 Nuclear weapons banned as historic UN treaty becomes international law
25.10.20 50 countries ratify ban: major breakthrough as nuclear weapons treaty achieves legal threshold
06.08.20 United religious call for Australia to join nuclear ban
26.05.20 Backgrounder: nuclear testing and Australia
24.10.19 New campaign calls for Australia’s super funds to “Quit Nukes”
05.08.19 Australia’s nuclear choice: lawfare or warfare
11.06.19 Order of Australia recognition for ICAN co-founders
18.12.18 Labor commits to join the UN nuclear weapon ban treaty
15.12.18 Australia can join nuclear ban treaty and maintain US alliance, say Harvard lawyers
10.12.18 Nobel laureates urge Labor’s national conference to support nuclear weapons ban
03.10.18 Australian Nobel Peace Prize laureates, one year on
17.09.18 ICAN cylists set to arrive in Canberra – with bells, whistles and the Nobel Peace Prize
28.08.18 Nobel Peace Ride treks to Canberra to urge new Foreign Affairs Minister to act on nuclear ban
01.08.18 New Zealand joins nuclear ban treaty; Australia remains opposed
07.03.18 Australian super funds exclude producers of banned nuclear weapons
24.01.18 National tour: atomic bomb survivors call for Australia and Japan to join nuclear ban treaty
17.01.18 Alert: national tour calls for Japanese and Australian Governments to join nuclear weapon ban treaty
08.12.17 Australian-born ICAN to be awarded Nobel Peace Prize this weekend in Oslo
23.11.17 Foreign Policy White Paper fails on nuclear disarmament
20.11.17 Australian-born Nobel Peace Prize: upcoming award ceremony
23.10.17 Ninety Australian groups call for Government to sign nuclear ban treaty
07.10.17 Press Conference: Nobel Peace Prize 2017
06.10.17 Nobel Peace Prize for 2017
21.09.17 Australia absent as world leaders sign historic UN disarmament treaty
20.09.17 DFAT rooftop protest demands action on nuclear disarmament
15.09.17 It’s time to sign: Australia urged to support UN nuclear weapons ban
10.07.17 Australia must now sign historic UN nuclear weapons ban treaty
10.07.17 Pacific campaigners welcome UN nuclear weapons ban treaty
08.07.17 Historic UN nuclear weapons ban treaty adopted
07.07.17 UN poised to adopt nuclear weapons ban treaty on Friday
04.07.17 UN nuclear weapons ban treaty expected this Friday, 7 July
15.06.17 Australia urged to end boycott as UN nuclear weapons ban treaty talks begin
13.06.17 UN talks to ban nuclear weapons resume Thursday – without Australia
13.06.17 A call to action for health professionals to work towards a nuclear weapons ban
31.05.17 Australia to watch webcast of UN disarmament negotiations rather than participate
23.05.17 ICAN welcomes draft treaty to ban nuclear weapons
25.03.17 Australia isolated on UN nuclear treaty boycott
22.03.17 Many faiths, one call: Australian faith groups urge action on nuclear weapons ban
16.02.17 Australia’s boycott of UN nuclear disarmament negotiations
24.10.16 United civil society call on UN Day for Australia to support a nuclear weapons ban treaty
26.09.16 Pine Gap: 50 years as Australia’s prime nuclear target
21.06.16 Nuclear bombs to attend Bishop-Plibersek policy debate
20.06.16 Bishop urged to stop weaselling and support ban on nuclear weapons
04.04.16 Australian and Marshall Islander nuclear test survivors demand a ban on nuclear weapons
08.09.15 Abbott faces nuclear test on uranium exports to India
04.12.14 Australian nuclear test survivor to give testimony to over 150 governments in Vienna
02.10.13 ALP’s backflip on nuclear disarmament
20.11.13 AUSMIN talks: time for Australia to end its reliance on US nuclear weapons
News Online
20.08.23 We want to make no country think war is worth it: Wong, Tess Ikonomou, AAP/Canberra Times
20.08.23 Insiders with David Speers, ABC
19.03.23 ALP National Conference Low-Down, Emma Kefford, The Radioactive Show, 3CR Community Radio
18.08.23 AUKUS panel vetted, banned by Labor at annual meeting, Charlie Peel, The Australian
18.08.23 No timeline on signing treaty on nuclear weapons prohibition, Sarah Basford Canales, Guardian Australia
18.08.23 Day two of ALP national conference, Guardian Australia Blog
18.08.23 Albanese defends against attempt to strike nuclear submarines out of Labor platform, Jake Evans, ABC News
17.08.23 From Aukus to tax cuts: six things to watch for at Labor’s national conference, Sarah Basford Canales, Guardian Australia
17.08.23 Labor’s national conference underway, with tax, housing and nuclear submarines on the agenda, Jake Evans, ABC News
16.08.23 Gem Romuld interviewed on SBS News about AUKUS and the TPNW (audio), SBS News in Easy English, Julien Oeuillet
16.08.23 Albanese to pitch unity ahead of Labor policy debate, Dominic Giannini, AAP
16.08.23 It’s time for Australia to sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Melissa Parke, Pearls and Irritations
15.08.23 Albanese government must ratify nuclear ban treaty this term: ICAN , Sarah Ison, The Australian
14.08.23 AUKUS must not be ‘stalking horse’ for more uranium mines says Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, Katina Curtis, The West Australian
12.08.23 Former MP Melissa Parke to lead anti-nuclear weapons campaign, ABC Saturday Extra, Geraldine Doogue
11.08.23 “Ending what Oppenheimer started”: WA calling to ban nuclear weapons, ABC TV, David Weber
11.08.23 Melissa Park to head anti-nuclear weapon group, Guardian Australia blog
11.08.23 Anthony Albanese trip to US could dampen ALP stoush over AUKUS, The West Australian, Katina Curtis
11.08.23 Melissa Parke to spearhead anti-nuclear weapons campaign as Oppenheimer thrusts issue into spotlight, ABC Online, David Weber
27.07.23 ‘Everyone Can Help Forge A Safe Ending To What Oppenheimer Began’, Associate Prof. Tilman Ruff AO, University of Melbourne Pursuit
04.07.23 Australian survivors of the British nuclear testing regime visit Canberra to demand Recognition, Respect and Repair, Greens WA, By Gem Romuld and Jemila Rushton
19.06.23 ‘We could see the bones in our hands’: Bomb test survivor’s fight, Douglas Smith, Adelaide Advertiser
14.06.23 Survivors want PM to sign treaty to ban nuclear weapons, The Canberra Times (and multiple other outlets) Rudi Maxwell / AAP
14.06.23 Karina’s father went blind at Emu Field. Now, she’s fighting for a treaty on nuclear weapons, SBS/NITV/AAP, Rudi Maxwell
24.05.23 An Open Letter to the Australian Government from concerned scholars regarding the AUKUS Agreement, Pearls and Irritations
19.05.23 Albanese urged to take stand against nuclear weapons during G7 summit in Hiroshima – Guardian Australia, Daniel Hurst
10.05.23 ‘Warrnambool called upon to sign ICAN cities appeal’ – Warrnambool Standard, Aaron Smith
05.05.23 ‘Meet the Australian director of a Nobel prize-winning organisation.’ – Illawarra Flame, Genevieve Swart
17.04.23 “No timeline on Labor election commitment to sign Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” – Guardian Australia, Daniel Hurst
04.04.23 ‘Would the US alliance survive?’ Signing nuclear weapons treaty comes with risk – The Age & SMH, Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal
30.03.23 Why Do We Still Have Nuclear Weapons? – Australian Institute of International Affairs, Tilman Ruff
24.03.23 AUKUS Gets Awkward Down Under A controversy threatens to blow the alliance’s nuclear submarine deal out of the water – Foreign Policy, Maddison Connaughton
15.03.23 Nuclear issues escalate under AUKUS – Cosmos, Petra Stock
14.03.23 Amid criticism, Canberra says submarine deal won’t violate anti-nuclear pacts – La Prensa Latina Biligual Media
14.03.23 Explained | AUKUS submarine deal sparks nuclear proliferation concerns. Here’s why – WIO News, Nishtha Badgamia
14.03.23 ‘AUKUS created for fighting’: Push for Indonesia to refuse access to subs – The Age, Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
14.03.23 What is the Aukus submarine deal and what does it mean? – Guardian Australia, Ben Doherty and Daniel Hurst
23.02.23 Towards Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Global Nuclear Disarmament? – INDepth News, Neena Bhandari
08.02.23 Penny Wong overruled department by sending observer to anti-nuclear treaty meeting – Guardian Australia, Daniel Hurst
22.01.23 Australia must play an active role in ending nuclear arms race, cross-party MPs urge – Guardian Australia, Daniel Hurst
29.10.22 Australia drops opposition to treaty banning nuclear weapons at UN vote Guardian Australia – Daniel Hurst
29.10.22 ‘Small but important step’: Australia’s shift on treaty banning nuclear weapons applauded SBS
29.10.22 Australia abstains from vote on UN nuclear weapons treaty News.com – Hamish Spence
29.10.22 Australia drops nuclear weapon opposition Canberra Times – Finbar O’Mallon
29.10.22 Australia drops opposition to landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons The Irish Times – Daniel Hurst
29.10.22 Australia abstains from vote on UN nuclear weapons treaty The West Australian – Hamish Spence
29.10.22 Australia drops opposition to treaty banning nuclear weapons Triple M
23.09.22 Independent MPs push for government to sign treaty outlawing nuclear weapons Guardian Australia Live – Ben Doherty
22.06.22 MP Susan Templeman represents Australia at landmark nuclear weapons ban treaty in Vienna Blue Mountains Gazette
20.06.22 Australia yet to sign up to treaty banning nuclear weapons but will attend UN meeting as observer Guardian Australia – Ben Doherty
20.06.22 Nuclear test survivors’ plea for Australia to sign treaty, as they speak at UN meeting ABC News – Bethanie Alderson
07.03.22 Wollongong reacts to prospect of nuclear subs base on our doorstep Illawarra Mercury – Connor Pearce
05.03.22 Why the world should not underestimate Putin ‘going nuclear’ Herald Sun – Tilman Ruff
08.12.21 Union leaders demand super funds dump nuclear-linked companies Australian Financial Review – Michael Read
16.09.21 Australian nuclear submarine plan ‘wrong direction at the wrong time’ Nobel prize-winning group says Guardian Australia – Ben Doherty
16.09.21 Anti-nuke campaigners prepare for a new battle Australian Financial Review – Mark Ludlow and Julie Hare
28.08.21 Australia’s deteriorating role in global peace Saturday Paper – Brian Toohey
27.07.21 Bayside City Council supports nuclear prohibition Mirage News
01.07.21 NGA endorses nuclear weapons ban Local Government Focus
23.05.21 Fallout from nuclear tests at Maralinga worse than previously thought ABC News – Gillian Aeria and Evelyn Leckie
03.05.21 Shoalhaven council wants to abolish nuclear weapons South Coast Register – Liam Cormican
29.04.21 ICAN addresses Mt Isa City Council after nuclear appeal pledge The North West Star – Derek Barry
28.04.21 Nobel peace medal on display in Mt Isa The North West Star – Derek Barry
10.02.21 Karina Lester urges Australia to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons SBS – Rachael Hocking
10.02.21 Mount Isa City Council supports nuclear weapons ban North West Star – Derek Barry
25.01.21 ‘Everybody’s got something at stake’: the push for Australia to sign historic treaty The Courier – Hayley Elg
24.01.21 ACT politicians join calls for Australia to sign nuclear ban treaty Canberra Times – Jasper Lindell
24.01.21 Calls for Australian commitment to anti-nuclear treaty City Hub – Allison Hore
22.01.21 WHO worries that Melbourne University’s links to arms industry will threaten joint medical research The Guardian – Paul Daley
22.01.21 Canberrans invited to mark nuclear weapons ban Canberra Weekly – Erin Cross
22.01.21 Japan, the only country to experience a nuclear attack, refused to sign a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons ABC News – Jake Sturmer and Yumi Asada
21.01.21 New nuclear treaty will be ‘ineffective’: DFAT Sydney Morning Herald – Anthony Galloway
21.01.21 Nuclear weapons, some enabled from Pine Gap, on wrong side of law Alice Springs News – Kieran Finnane
10.12.20 Crescent Wealth recognised for its stance against nuclear weapons Wealth Adviser
04.09.20 Ballarat councils rejects ICAN anti-nuclear campaign The Courier – Alex Ford
11.08.20 75th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing marked Green Left – Jim McIlroy
05.02.20 Locals spread anti-nuclear message West Coast Sentinel – Luca Cetta
05.02.20 Peace Prize arrives with anti-nuke message Ballarat Times – Alistair Finlay
01.02.20 Nobel Peace Prize heads to Ballarat with visions of nuclear-free world The Courier – Greg Gliddon
24.01.20 The Doomsday Clock is closer than ever to midnight. Here’s why that matters 7 News – Alicia Lee and Kelly Burke
11.01.20 How Iran’s path to nuclear weapons got easier after US killing of top commander The New Daily – Samantha Dick
22.11.19 Australia’s ‘Quit Nukes’ Campaign Targets Superannuation Funds In Depth News – Neena Bhandari
06.11.19 Dave Sweeney talks Nobel Prize and working against nuclear weapons The Weekly Times – Sarah Hudson
20.09.19 The Look at the National Portrait Gallery: Doctor sees another side of himself in exhibition portrait Canberra Times – Steve Evans
28.08.19 Phillip Island’s quiet Nobel Peace Prize winner Phillip Island & San Remo Advertiser
26.08.19 Nuke outlook bleak: Nobel peace winner The Australian – Victoria Laurie
09.08.19 ICAN director in the Alice Centralian Advocate – Alyce Mokrzycka
06.08.19 Lord Mayor unfurls anti-nuclear advocacy The Mercury
06.08.19 City flags anti-nuclear stance on Hiroshima Day Mirage News
06.08.19 Australia urged to sign and ratify the nuclear weapons ban treaty In Depth News – Neena Bhandari
05.08.19 Michael Kirby urges Australia to sign up to nuclear weapon ban treaty The Guardian – Lisa Martin
19.06.19 Ruff gets AO Benalla Ensign – Simon Ruppert
10.06.19 Thornbury’s Dimity Hawkins appointed Member of the Order of Australia Herald Sun, Preston Leader
31.05.19 Council backs anti-nuclear campaign Augusta Margaret River Times – Warren Hately
12.04.19 Nobel winner Tilman Ruff in Hobart tonight to speak about banning nuclear weapons The Mercury
11.04.19 Mural a noble message of peace Herald Sun, Preston Leader
18.12.18 Bill Shorten wins cautious agreement on foreign aid, recognising Palestine and nuclear ban treaty Sydney Morning Herald – Michael Koziol
17.12.18 Labor locked in negotiations on nuclear ban treaty The Australian – Primrose Riordan
03.11.18 Nobel calling The Herald Sun – Brigid O’Connell
09.10.18 Canberra trip an important journey for Sue The West Coast Sentinel – Luca Cetta
21.09.18 Kokatha elder says government should ‘change its mind’ on nuclear treaty NITV News – Brooke Fryer
13.09.18 View the Nobel Peace Prize medal in Gundagai, The Gundagai Independent – print only
12.09.18 ICAN Noble Peace Ride: a wheely good cause Yass Tribune – Hannah Sparks
12.09.18 Enlightening Benalla Ensign – Simon Ruppert
10.09.18 Nobel Peace Prize put on show at Albury library as part of bike trip from Melbourne to Canberra The Border Mail – Anthony Bunn
09.09.18 Nobel Peace Prize winners International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons travel through region The Border Mail – Sophie Boyd
07.09.18 ICAN is biking into Benalla this Friday Triple M News – Ebony Reeves
05.09.18 Riding for disarmament Benalla Ensign
03.09.18 Anti-nuclear weapons campaigners on their bikes, nobel peace prize in tow NITV News – Brooke Fryer
02.09.18 Nobel Peace Ride: Cyclists carry medal to Canberra, urging end to nuclear weapons SBS News – Biwa Kwan
02.09.18 Cyclists set out on nuclear ban campaign AAP, Yahoo News, Daily Mail Australia
10.08.18 Treaty of Rarotonga celebrated in Samoa Samoa Observer
09.08.18 Pacific Islands leading the way on global nuclear weapons ban One PNG
29.03.18 Is it okay that some of Australia’s largest unis are investing in weapons Triple J Hack – Avani Dias
03.03.18 Two of us: the Melbourne co-founders of a Nobel Prize-winning movement Good Weekend – Rosamund Burton
28.02.18 Nuclear weapon testing killed and blinded Aussies in our own backyard, but Australia isn’t among the 122 countries that banned them The Women’s Weekly / Now to Love – Kate Wagner
21.02.18 How to dismantle an atomic bomb: a witness to Nagasaki offers a lesson in survival Neighbourhood Paper – Jackie Dent
07.02.18 ‘End of nuclear weapons or end of us’: survivors call on Australia SBS News – Rachel Lockart
05.02.18 US’s new nuclear policy ‘a blueprint for war’, Nobel peace laureate says The Guardian – Ben Doherty
05.02.18 Boat activists want nuclear weapons banned News.com.au – Rachel Gray
05.02.18 Nuclear bomb survivors glide into Sydney on Japan’s Peace Boat SBS News – AAP
20.12.17 Nuclear deterrence a myth The Korea Herald – Choi He-suk
19.12.17 Nobel Prize an honour West Coast Sentinel – Luca Cetta
13.12.17 ‘The birth defects are heart-breaking’: Australia is ‘totally radioactive’ sixty years after Hiroshima-sized nuclear tests, claims fallout survivor The Daily Mail – Sam Duncan
12.12.17 Nobel award for ICAN resonates in nuclear-tested Marshall Islands Pacific Island News Association
12.12.17 Invisible Killer: Australia still ‘totally radioactive’ after Britain laid waste to outback with Hiroshima-sized nuke tests 60 years ago, survivor claims The Sun – Victoria Craw
12.12.17 Australia still ‘totally radioactive’ 60 years after Hiroshima-scale nuclear tests News.com – Victoria Craw
11.12.17 Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN urges Australia to sign treaty and avoid nuclear disaster SBS News – Biwa Kwan
11.12.17 Nuclear annihilation ‘one tantrum away’, Nobel peace prize winner warns The Guardian – Ben Doherty
11.12.17 ‘Prevent the end of us’: Nuclear powers urged to ban the bomb Sydney Morning Herald – Gwyladys Fouche
11.12.17 Melbourne anti-nuke campaigners vow to continue fight after receiving Nobel Peace Prize The Herald Sun
11.12.17 Aussies’ Nobel Prize ‘straight to the pool room’, now give us global nukes ban The Age – Carolyn Webb
11.12.17 Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN urges nuclear disaster ‘one tantrum away’, urges nations to adopt treaty ABC News
11.12.17 Nobel Peace Prize: does an Australian-born anti-nuke group’s award achieve anything? ABC News – James Glenday
11.12.17 Australian Nobel Prize winners warn total nuclear annihilation and the deaths of millions is just ‘one tiny tantrum away’ The Daily Mail – Yael Brender
10.12.17 ‘Bittersweet’: Lester family celebrates their contribution to ICAN’s 2017 Nobel Peace Prize win NITV News
10.12.17 Nobel Prize for Australian anti-nuke group Perth Now – Kaitlyn Offer
10.12.17 Melbourne group to accept Nobel Peace Prize Sky News
10.12.17 Australian anti-nuclear group ICAN to accept Nobel Prize in Norway SBS, The Australian
10.12.17 Turnbull Government criticised for not congratulating ICAN on Nobel Peace Prize ABC News – James Glenday
10.12.17 Anti-nuke group slams Malcolm Turnbull for ignoring its Nobel Prize The New Daily – James Glenday
09.12.17 Aus anti-nuke group to accept Nobel Prize AAP, The Daily Telegraph
05.12.17 Call for CSOs to end nuclear use The Fiji Times – Lice Movono
01.12.17 US, UK to snub ban-the-bomb Nobel winners AAP
30.11.17 World spotlight shines on Maralinga horror AAP – Lisa Martin
29.11.17 Yami’s daughters take up anti-nuclear fight National Indigenous Times – Wendy Caccetta
23.11.17 Anti-nuclear campaign wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize The Northsider – Jo Rittey
26.10.17 Australia’s Nobel Peace Prize winners finally got conrats from the government Buzzfeed – Josh Taylor
24.10.17 A peace prize that’s deserved Red Flag – James Plested
23.10.17 Nobel peace prize winners urge Australia to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons The Guardian – Ben Doherty
23.10.17 Gisborne crane campaign takes flight against nuclear weapons Macedon Ranges Leader – Barry Kennedy
22.10.17 Canberra doctor Sue Wareham part of Nobel peace prize winning team Canberra Times – Finbar O’Mallon
17.10.17 Nobel Peace Prize 2017: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons set to expand Herald Sun, Preston Leader – Ed Gardiner
16.10.17 Locals proud of Nobel prize effort West Coast Sentinel
16.10.17 Peace prize a big win for group Moreland Leader – Emma Hastings
12.10.17 Nobel winner Tim Wright calls for Richard Marles and Sarah Henderson to become nuclear disarmament advocates Geelong Advertiser, Daily Telegraph – Harrison Tippet
11.10.17 Malcolm Turnbull chided for ‘silly’ snub to Nobel peace prize-winning group The Guardian – Oliver Laughland
11.10.17 Australia’s Nobel Peace Prize winners expected a little more love from the PM Buzzfeed – Brad Esposito
10.10.17 ‘Horror, humour and hope’ getting ICAN’s message through nuclear disarmament circus Crikey – Sally Whyte
10.10.17 ICAN’s Nobel Prize an opportunity to revisit disarmament and the US alliance The Canberra Times Editorial, Brisbane Times
09.10.17 Nobel Peace Prize gave Indigenous victims of nuclear arms a platform, campaigner says Buzzfeed – Amy McQuire
09.10.17 Barwon Heads’ own Tim Wright a Nobel Peace Prize laureate after International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins The Advertiser
09.10.17 Nobel prize but PM has no time for peaceniks The Australian – Sean Parnell
09.10.17 Nobel Peace Prize winners snubbed by Australia’s Prime Minister Asian Correspondent – Max Walden
09.10.17 Australian anti-nuclear weapons NGO wins Nobel Peace Prize Probono Australia – Luke Michael
08.10.17 Pine Gap crusaders win Nobel Prize NT News – Hayley Sorensen
08.10.17 Half-a-dozen Melbourne activists to Nobel prize winners: how ICAN is fighting nuclear weapons SBS – Gareth Boreham
07.10.17 Nobel peace prize winners thought it was a hoax The Age – Timna Jacks
07.10.17 Nobel Peace Prize: Aussie-born International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins The Australian
07.10.17 Nobel Peace Prize winners ICAN urge Australia to sign nuclear weapons treaty SBS
07.10.17 International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins Nobel Peace Prize SBS
07.10.17 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ABC News
07.10.17 Indigenous anti-nuclear activist tells of her personal work with Nobel Prize-winning ICAN ABC News – Karen Percy
07.10.17 Aussie Nobel Peace Prize winners chuffed as they fight against nuclear weapons The West Australian and News.com – Jacqueline Le
07.10.17 Aussie disarmament group tickled pink its peace work paid off with a Nobel Prize The New Daily – Jacqueline Le
07.10.17 How a Melbourne anti-nuclear campaign won the Nobel Peace Prize The New Daily
07.10.17 What is ICAN and how did it win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize? ABC News – Jessica Haynes
06.10.17 Nobel peace prize awarded to Melbourne-born International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons The Age – Melissa Cunningham
21.09.17 Junko Morimoto, author of My Hiroshima, urged Malcolm Turnbull to sign nuclear weapons ban treaty ABC News – Anna Henderson
21.09.17 Hiroshima survivor from Northbridge gave a final plea to Malcolm Turnbull before passing away North Shore Times – Ben Graham
20.09.17 Antinuclear protestors climb the Department of Foreign Affairs building in Canberra News.com, Perth Now – Claire Bickers
20.09.17 Protestors scale Canberra DFAT building Yahoo News, AAP, SBS – Roje Adaimy
20.09.17 Nations to sign nuclear ban treaty opposed by big powers Voux Magazine – Alfred Griffith
20.09.17 DFAT protestors let off without charge The Australian – Greg Brown
19.09.17 Anti-nuclear weapons protestors scale Australian building The Washington Post, New Jersey Herald, ABC News US, Arab News – Rod McGuirk
06.08.17 Hunter Peace Group marks Hiroshima Day Newcastle Herald – Helen Gregory
10.07.17 Australia’s refusal to join nuclear arms ban treaty “gutting” to Aboriginal victims Buzzfeed – Amy McQuire
10.07.17 ‘Time’s up’: Australia urged to join nuclear weapons ban SBS World News
08.07.17 Australia on ‘wrong side’ of nuclear weapon ban The Australian, AAP – Belinda Merhab
06.07.17 Ludlam, not Australia, in New York for nuclear weapons ban treaty talks SBS – Andrea Nierhoff
24.06.17 Rose and Karina Lester: how illness has driven our anti-nuclear campaign work Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Weekend – Rosamund Burton
22.06.17 South Australian woman Karina Lester presents anti-nuclear speech to United Nations in New York Adelaide Advertiser – Erin Jones
17.06.17 Anti nuclear group to march through city 9 News – AAP
17.06.17 SA rally to call for nuclear weapons ban 9 News – AAP
16.06.17 The government has got ‘amnesia’ when it comes to Australia’s dark nuclear testing history NITV News – Amanda Copp
23.05.17 UN panel releases draft treaty banning possession and use of nuclear weapons The Guardian – Ben Doherty
14.04.17 Art initiative highlights Australia’s conflicted stance on nuclear weapons Nikkei Asian Review – David Hopkins
12.04.17 Maralinga survivor speaks at anti-nuclear UN conference in New York City West Coast Sentinel – Luca Cetta
30.03.17 Survivors speak out as UN negotiations nuke ban Huffington Post – Ariel Conn
30.03.17 The Future of Humanity Depends on Banning Nuclear Weapons Huffington Post – Yves Daccord (ICRC) and Judy Slatyer (Australian Red Cross CEO)
29.03.17 Japan and Australia harshly criticized for no-show at UN nuke ban talks The Japan Times, Manila Bulletin
28.03.17 Australia skips UN nuke-ban treaty talks Herald Sun, Sky News, The Courier Mail, Yarrawonga Chronicle, Pacific Islands News Association – Michelle Nichols, Reuters
28.03.17 Politicians defer position on nuclear ban SBS, NT News – AAP, Pat Griffiths
28.03.17 UN nuclear treaty: Australia plays deputy sheriff as US ‘Sheriff’ baulks at ban The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Examiner, The Courier – Daniel Flitton
28.03.17 Australia, allies skip ‘unrealistic’ nuclear weapons ban treaty talks at the United Nations ABC News, SBS, Radio Australia – ABC/Reuters
28.03.17 Why scientists are signing an open letter calling for a total ban on nuclear weapons ABC News, The Conversation – Toby Walsh and Rob Brooks, UNSW
28.03.17 Negotiations to ban nuclear weapons begin, but Australia joins US boycott The Guardian – Ben Doherty
27.03.17 Harrowing testimony of nuclear bomb test survivor reinforces urgency of ban campaigners Pressenza International Press Agency
26.03.17 Calls for Australia to reverse plans to boycott nuclear weapons talks The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Newcastle Herald – Daniel Flitton
25.03.17 Australia should help ban the bomb The Age – Editorial, Alex Lavelle
16.02.17 Australia to snub nuclear treaty talks News.com, SBS – AAP
28.10.16 UN votes to start negotiating treaty to ban nuclear weapons The Guardian – Ben Doherty
21.08.16 Australia attempts to derail UN plan to ban nuclear weapons The Guardian – Michael Slezak
07.04.16 Legacy of British nuclear tests in focus with national tour NITV News – Andrea Booth
Radio + Podcasts
14.08.23 Labor members eager for showdown on AUKUS at the party’s national conference
06.08.23 Close to Home interviews Gem Rumold director ICAN abut Hiroshima Day, Radio SkidRow, Louise Steer
03.07.23 Karina’s father went blind after British atomic tests. ABC Story Stream, Adrienne Francis
30.06.23 Interview with Karina Lester on Radio Adelaide ‘Aboriginal Way’, Isaac Selby
15.06.23 “The onus is on us to keep that story alive”: First Nations leaders call for Australia to sign Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty. Interview with Karina Lester on ABC Radio Canberra with Adrienne Francis
15.06.23 Atomic test survivors appeal for nuclear ban SBS News InDepth, by Ciara Hain, Emma Kellaway
15.06.23 Interview with June Lennon about the atomic survivors delegation to Canberra on ABC SA Mornings with Angela Coe
14.06.23 Interview with Maxine Goodwin about the atomic survivors delegation to Canberra on ABC Perth Mornings with Nadia Mitsopoulos
14.06.23 Atomic testing descendants lobby for recognition and compensation, Interview with Maxine Goodwin on ABC Canberra Mornings with Adrienne Francis
13.06.23 Calls on PM to sign treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, Interview with Karina Lester on RN Drive with Andy Park
17.05.23 4 minute warning, interview with Tilman Ruff on 3CR Community Radio’s Stick Together, produced by James Brennan
15.03.23 Australia Goes Nuclear – The Political Compass, Wayne Brittenden, Podcast
14.03.23 ABC Illawarra Drive (Radio) with Lindsey McDougall – Gem Romuld
14.03.23 ABC Adelaide Drive (Radio) with Jules Schiller – Marianne Hanson
27.02.23 Urban planning conspiracies, nuclear war and living on welfare in Australia – Grapevine, 3RRR (Tilman Ruff at 17: 32mins)
25.02.23 A big year for ICAN: Sign the Treaty! – 3CR Radioactive Show, Emma Kefford.
28.11.22 Overnights, Radio National – Dimity Hawkins (at 2:23am onwards)
23.09.22 AM, Radio National – Tilman Ruff and Zoe Daniel MP
27.09.22 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Tuesday Breakfast, 3CR
02.07.22 To Vienna with love – notes from the first nuclear ban treaty meeting Radioactive Show, 3CR
22.06.22 Australia’s nuclear submarines RN Late Night Live – Marianne Hanson
21.06.22 Australia urged to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons ahead of Vienna meeting RN Breakfast with Patricia Karvelas – Tim Wright
21.06.22 Pacific perspectives highlighted at nuclear prohibition meeting ABC Pacific Beat – Joey Tau (PANG)
20.06.22 Drive with Jules Schiller ABC Adelaide – Gem Romuld
20.06.22 Late Afternoons with Narelle Graham ABC SA regional radio – Karina Lester and Gem Romuld
14.05.22 ICAN: Take action Radioactive Show, 3CR – Gem Romuld
08.03.22 The nuclear impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 4ZZZ – Tilman Ruff
12.10.21 Interview on nuclear submarines Uncommon Sense, RRR Radio – Marianne Hanson
16.09.21 Interview on nuclear submarine deal ABC Hobart – Tilman Ruff
16.09.21 Interview on nuclear submarine deal ABC Illawarra – Margie Beavis
16.09.21 Interview on nuclear submarine deal ABC Brisbane – Marianne Hanson
08.08.21 The ethics of going nuclear God Forbid, ABC Radio National – Sue Wareham
22.02.21 Change Happens with Margie Beavis Change Happens, Ernst and Young
01.02.21 Afternoons ABC Radio Sydney – Gem Romuld, at 38 mins
22.01.21 51 ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but not Australia PM, ABC Radio National – Karina Lester
22.01.21 Nuclear weapons treaty Breakfast, Radio Adelaide – Dave Sweeney
22.01.21 Nuclear weapons are now banned: meet one of the doctors who helped make it happen Medic Guild – Ruth Mitchell
22.01.21 Australia, China, Russia, U.S. all refuse to sign UN Nuclear Prohibition treaty ABC NewsRadio – Tilman Ruff
19.01.21 Tuesday Hometime: Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons 3CR Radio – Sue Wareham, Margie Beavis and Dave Sweeney
16.01.21 Radioactive Show 3CR Radio – Dave Sweeney
11.01.21 The Grapevine RRR – Tilman Ruff
02.12.20 Australia Government yet to sign UN Nuclear Weapons Treaty 3KND – Gem Romuld and Karina Lester
09.11.20 The Grapevine RRR – Dimity Hawkins
31.10.20 The 50th ratification Radioactive Show, 3CR Radio – Dimity Hawkins and Karina Lester
28.10.20 Treaty banning nuclear weapons now ratified Understorey, RTR FM – Gem Romuld
28.10.20 City Limits 3CR Radio – Dave Sweeney
27.10.20 Anti-nuclear Pacific activist says UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons not just symbolic Pacific Beat, ABC Radio National – Vanessa Griffen
26.10.20 A step closer to banning nuclear weapons Late Night Live, ABC Radio National – Tilman Ruff
26.10.20 United Nations ban on nuclear weapons ratified The Wire – Scott Ludlam
25.10.20 News bulletins SBS Radio – Gem Romuld
25.10.20 UN Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force Breakfast, ABC Radio National – Dimity Hawkins
27.09.20 ICAN update on Alternative News 3CR Radio – Gem Romuld
23.09.20 New nuclear weapons treaty could help kick start start disarmament race The Wire – Gem Romuld
24.08.20 75 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Big Ideas, ABC Radio National – Dimity Hawkins
12.08.20 City Limits 3CR Radio – Dave Sweeney
07.08.20 Drive Eastside Radio 89.7FM – Gem Romuld
06.08.20 Push to prohibit nuclear weapons on 75th anniversary of Hiroshima bombings The Wire – Karina Lester
06.08.20 How the impact of Hiroshima can still drive the 21st century nuclear debate ABC Pacific Beat – Vanessa Griffen
05.08.20 Understorey: Banking Bad – Nukes RTR FM – Margaret Peril and Margaret Beavis
04.08.20 The Silver Lining of a Mushroom Cloud 2SER Radio – Tilman Ruff
04.08.20 Focus ABC Radio Sydney – Tilman Ruff
02.08.20 Listening Notes – for the hibakusha 3CR Radio – Gem Romuld
06.02.20 Breakfast with Steve Martin ABC Ballarat – Margaret Beavis (at 58 minutes)
27.08.19 Dave Sweeney Changemaker Chat ChangeMakers Podcast – Dave Sweeney
09.08.19 Weekly News in Review – Choosing Humanity launch National Indigenous Radio Service – Gem Romuld and Karina Lester
07.08.19 Anarchist World this Week 3CR Radio – Dimity Hawkins
06.08.19 The state of nuclear weaponry in wake of Hiroshima’s 74th anniversary The Wire – Tilman Ruff
06.06.19 Breakfast with Paul Culliver ABC North and West SA – Karina Lester
12.04.19 News ABC Hobart – Tilman Ruff
18.12.18 Drive ABC Sydney – Gem Romuld
20.09.18 Afternoons ABC Canberra – Gem Romuld and John Stace
18.09.18 Morning show Yass FM – Gem Romuld and Lavanya Pant
08.09.18 Pedalling peace to Canberra: Nobel Peace Ride launches 3CR Radioactive Show
07.09.18 Central Victorian News ABC – Tilman Ruff
07.09.18 Hit 96.9 Radio Shepparton – Gem Romuld
03.09.18 3NE Radio Benalla – Tilman Ruff
02.09.18 ABC News Radio – Tilman Ruff
02.09.18 SBS News Radio – Gem Romuld
01.09.18 Nobel Peace Ride 3CR Radioactive Show – Tilman Ruff
03.08.18 Paradigm Shift 4ZZZ Radio – Gem Romuld
17.04.18 The Melbourne GP seeking to abolish nuclear weapons ABC Melbourne, Evenings – Margie Beavis
11.04.18 Tilman Ruff brings his Nobel Peace Prize to the studio ABC Melbourne, Conversation House – Tilman Ruff
30.03.18 The Sacred and the political ABC Radio National, Breakfast – Tilman Ruff
12.03.18 Monday Breakfast 3CR Radio – Gem Romuld
02.03.18 Putin announces new “unstoppable” nuclear weapons The Wire – Gem Romuld
02.02.18 Peace Boat sails in to Hobart with anti-nuclear message ABC Radio Hobart, Mornings – Tilman Ruff
17.01.18 Professor Tilman Ruff, the man behind the 2017 Nobel peace prize ABC Radio National, Nightlife – Tilman Ruff
07.01.18 Sunday Lunch RRR – Ruth Mitchell
25.12.17 Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons 3CR Radio’s Women on the Line – Karina Lester, Vanessa Griffen, Gem Romuld
13.12.17 Overnights with Trevor Chappell, Rod Quin ABC Radio National – Margie Beavis
13.12.17 Wednesday Breakfast 3CR Radio – Gem Romuld
11.12.17 Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN warns nuclear disaster ‘one tantrum away’ SBS World News Radio – Richard Tanter
11.12.17 Mornings with David Bevan ABC Adelaide – Karina Lester
11.12.17 Mornings with Wendy Harmer ABC Sydney – Tilman Ruff
11.12.17 Nobel Peace Prize winner takes on nuclear weapons 3AW Breakfast – Margie Beavis
11.12.17 ICAN presented with Nobel Peace Prize ABC Radio National, Breakfast – Tim Wright
11.12.17 Mornings with Jon Faine ABC Melbourne – Margie Beavis
11.12.17 Mornings with Genevieve Jacobs ABC Canberra – Sue Wareham
11.12.17 Pacific plays key role in bid to ban nukes Radio New Zealand – Vanessa Griffen
11.12.17 2GB News Gem Romuld
10.12.17 2GB News Richard Tanter
01.12.17 Radioactive Show 3CR Radio – Gem Romuld
22.11.17 Pine Gap peace pilgrims prosecuted ABC Radio National, Late Night Live – Richard Tanter
10.11.17 Subject ACT 2XX Radio – Sue Wareham
17.10.17 NITV Radio NITV – Tilman Ruff and Margie Beavis
14.10.17 #warstartshere + ICAN Nobel Peace Prize 3CR Radioactive Show – Gem Romuld
11.10.17 NITV Radio NITV – Karina Lester and Margie Beavis
10.10.17 Mornings ABC Radio Canberra – Tilman Ruff
09.10.17 Uncommon Sense 3RRR- Tim Wright
09.10.17 Canberra News 2CC Radio – Sue Wareham
09.10.17 Anti-nuclear campaign wins Nobel Peace Prize ABC Radio National, Breakfast – Tilman Ruff
09.10.17 Mornings ABC Radio Melbourne with Jon Faine – Tilman Ruff
09.10.17 Nobel Prize win a welcome surprise for Marshall Islands’ anti-nuclear campaigner ABC Pacific Beat – Abacca Anjain-Maddison
09.10.17 6PR Radio – Tilman Ruff
20.09.17 Canberra News 2CC Radio – Sue Wareham
20.09.17 Wednesday Breakfast 3CR Radio – Margie Beavis
30.08.17 Breakfast with Simon Lauder ABC South East – Gem Romuld
30.07.17 Global nuclear ban – honouring father’s legacy ABC, Speaking Out – Karina Lester
29.07.17 Yami Lester tribute show and NY weapons ban 3CR, Radioactive Show – Tim Wright
09.07.17 Armed nuclear states under pressure after the signing of UN nuclear weapons treaty ABC Pacific Beat – Vanessa Griffen
09.07.17 Nightlife ABC Radio National – Tilman Ruff
03.07.17 The Grapevine RRR – Tilman Ruff
08.07.17 North Korea and the threat of nuclear weapons 2GB, Mike Williams Overnight – Richard Tanter
06.07.17 Richard Tanter on North Korea 2GB, Nights with Steve Price – Richard Tanter
28.06.17 Evenings with Peter Goers ABC Radio Adelaide – Karina Lester
25.06.17 Nightlife ABC Radio National – Tilman Ruff
24.06.17 Sydney protest against Australia’s boycott of nuclear ban KBR Radio, Asia Calling – Rose Lester, Helen Caldicott, Gem Romuld
20.06.17 Why doesn’t Australia want to ban nukes? ABC Radio National, Late Night Live – Tilman Ruff and Karina Lester
19.06.17 UN nuclear weapons ban 4ZZZ Brisbane Zedlines
19.06.17 Anti-nuke protestors active in Canberra 2CC Canberra Live – Chris Coleman and Keith Suter
16.06.17 Pacific countries push for nuclear weapon ban at UN talks ABC Pacific Beat – Vanessa Griffen
14.06.17 Breakfast ABC Radio Adelaide – Tilman Ruff
14.06.17 Understorey: the problem with (nuclear weapons) luck RTR FM 92.1 – Elizabeth ‘Po, Adrian Glamorgan and Eric Schlosser
13.06.17 UN votes to outlaw nuclear weapons in 2017 The Wire – Karina Lester
07.06.17 3CR Wednesday Breakfast 3CR Radio – Tim Wright
26.05.17 Behind the Lines 2XX Radio Canberra – Senator Scott Ludlam, Bishop Pat Power, Kathryn Kelly, Senator Lisa Singh, Gem Romuld
25.04.17 Uncommon Sense with Amy Mullins RRR Radio Melbourne – Tim Wright
19.04.17 Mornings with Ali Clarke: Nuclear War ABC Radio Adelaide – Tilman Ruff
19.04.17 Living Black SBS Radio – Tilman Ruff and Karina Lester
16.04.17 Earth Matters: Nuclear legacies and a new chance to end the nuclear age 3CR Radio – Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Setsuko Thurlow and Sue Coleman-Haseldine
08.04.17 Radioactive Show: Banning the bomb 3CR Radio – Tilman Ruff and Sue Coleman-Haseldine
05.04.17 Understorey: Bans in the balance RTR FM – Sue Wareham and Sue Coleman-Haseldine
02.04.17 3CR’s Alternative News – Gem Romuld, Sue Coleman-Haseldine
30.03.17 Australia among the missing at UN nuclear disarmament conference SBS Radio – Richard Tanter, story by Amanda Copp
29.03.17 Fears world is on the verge of a ‘new cold war’ ABC Radio National, Breakfast – Tilman Ruff
28.03.17 Australia boycotts disarmament conference ABC Radio National, Late Night Live – Tim Wright and Richard Tanter
26.03.17 The haste with nuclear waste and the waste of nuclear weapons Radio Adelaide – Dave Sweeney
24.03.17 3CR Breakfast – Richard Tanter
11.04.14 Julie Bishop says banning nuclear weapons is impractical ABC, The World Today – Tilman Ruff, story by Tanya Nolan
T.V.
11.08.23 “Ending what Oppenheimer started”: WA calling to ban nuclear weapons, ABC News
15.06.23 Atomic survivors delegation meet with Penny Wong, interview with Karina Lester on ABC TV Afternoon Briefing (National) with Greg Jennett
14.06.23 ‘If you’re there and a bomb goes off – you’re done for’ – NITV News, by Emma Kellaway
05.04.23 Protest at Australian Nuke Sub Port – Consortium News
16.03.23 ABC News NSW (TV), AUKUS, Gem Romuld on at 6:50 mins
14.03.23 The entire world is watching on as Australia, the UK and the US confirm their powerful global alliance – WIN News Illawarra
30.10.22 Australia abstains from UN vote on nuclear weapons Sky News
17.03.22 Quit Nukes Kalkine TV – featuring Gem Romuld
10.03.22 What are the risks of nuclear war and how can it be avoided Kalkine TV – featuring Tilman Ruff
22.01.21 ABC News Mornings ABC News – featuring Tilman Ruff at 45 minutes
22.01.21 Why won’t Australian and Japan agree to a nuclear ban? ABC News – featuring Tim Wright
08.08.20 Japan highlighted current nuclear threat on the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima
18.04.19 NITV News – story on new ICAN mural, featuring Karina Lester
12.04.19 News Channel 7 Hobart – story on Hobart event, featuring Tilman Ruff
20.09.18 SBS World News
07.09.18 WIN News Shepparton
02.08.18 Calls for Australia to follow NZ in ratifying nuclear weapon-banning treaty Sky News – featuring Tim Wright
12.06.18 The World ABC – featuring Tilman Ruff
31.03.18 ABC News (SA) – featuring Tim Wright and the Radioactive Exposure Tour.
07.03.18 Matter of Face with Stan Grant ABC – featuring Tilman Ruff
25.01.18 Doomsday Clock now closest to midnight since Cold War ABC News – featuring Tilman Ruff
11.12.17 Australian anti-nuke group ICAN to accept Nobel Prize in Norway SBS News
11.12.17 SBS World News
11.12.17 Australian group takes out Nobel Peace Prize Channel 7 News
10.12.17 ABC News, including broadcast of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
03.11.17 Aust ‘indirectly supporting’ nuclear weapons Sky News Australia – featuring Sue Coleman-Haseldine and Tilman Ruff
19.10.17 “The world without nuclear” NHK News – featuring Sue Coleman-Haseldine
10.10.17 The Point NITV News – featuring Karina Lester
09.10.17 BTN Top Stories: Nobel Peace Prize ABC Behind the News
08.10.17 Sunrise Channel 7 – Tilman Ruff
07.10.17 Anti-nuclear group wins Nobel Peace Prize Sky News Australia
06.10.17 Nuclear Ban Group ICAN Wins Nobel Peace Prize as Trump Threatens to End Iran Deal & Nuke North Korea Democracy Now! – Tim Wright
06.10.17 ABC News and The World – featuring Tim Wright, Tilman Ruff and Nobel Peace Prize win
20.09.17 SBS World News SBS – featuring Canberra DFAT protest
05.07.17 Lateline: interview with Greens Senator Scott Ludlam – ABC
17.06.17 SBS World News SBS – featuring Sydney rally and Karina Lester at the UN
15.06.17 NITV News National Indigenous Television – Rosemary Lester
01.04.17 Broadcast of Australian Institute of International Affairs NSW event, Australia’s Public Affairs Channel – Robert Tickner and Gem Romuld
28.03.17 Coverage of ban negotiations and Canberra protest, ABC News, Perth and Canberra
29.03.17 Albanese slams government for skipping UN nuclear ban talks SBS World News – Tilman Ruff, Anthony Albanese, protest in Canberra; story by Jarni Blakkarly, Abbie O’Brien
JOURNALS, LETTERS AND OPINION
03.06.23 Albanese must take lead on nuclear treaty, Robert Tickner, The Canberra Times
27.04.23 Evatt Journal ’90 Seconds to Midnight’ – Featuring former Hawke-Keating Government Minister, Hon Robert Tickner AO, Susan Templeman MP, former Assistant Secretary General of the UN, Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur, founder of the Sydney Peace Foundation, Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees, leading US Scientist Steven Starr, the Red Cross, the World Council of Churches, Dr. Margaret Beavis (ICAN), Associate Professor Marianne Hanson (ICAN). former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon Gareth Evans AC KC, and more.
04.04.23 Signing Up Is Our Call – The Age, Margaret Beavis
30.03.23 ONE STEP IN A CHAIN REACTION: How a grassroots movement stopped nuclear in Australia – ARENA Magazine, Dave Sweeney
07.03.23 Diplomacy, not weapons, the answer to China war threat – The Age, Margaret Beavis
27.02.23 Here’s how to tone down the nuclear threat – The Canberra Times, Margaret Beavis (Opinion)
22.01.23 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is a good step towards a nuclear-free world – Canberra Times Opinion, Marianne Hanson and Margaret Beavis
09.06.22 There has been little scrutiny since Joe Biden, Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison announced the AUKUS submarine deal The Canberra Times – Dr Margaret Beavis
01.09.22 Nuclear Submarines, AUKUS, and Preventing Proliferation Tilman Ruff
29.06.22 Can we please have a real debate on nuclear submarines? The Interpreter – Dr Marianne Hanson
27.06.22 A new era as Australia joins historic UN nuclear ban meeting Pearls and Irritations – Tilman Ruff
19.06.22 Ahead of critical global talks on nuclear weapons ban, health and community leaders urge the Albanese Government to act Croakey – Sue Wareham
26.02.22 Quitting Nukes Green Issue – Gem Romuld
27.12.21 It’s time for Australia to get serious about eliminating nuclear weapons Evatt Journal Vol. 20 – Marianne Hanson
16.09.21 The clock’s ticking as workers and First Nations fight for nuclear disarmament Megaphone Journal – Luke Bowman
03.05.21 Joining the nuclear weapons ban treaty has never been more urgent Pearls and Irritations – Tilman Ruff
02.05.21 Nuclear weapons now illegal Green Issue – Gem Romuld
30.04.21 Seeking a more peaceful world University of Queensland
19.02.21 Investors’ role in abolishing nuclear weapons: Quit Nukes U Ethical blog
16.02.21 Advancing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Toda Peace Institute’s Global Outlook – Tilman Ruff
22.01.21 The nuclear weapons ban treaty is groundbreaking, even if the nuclear powers haven’t signed The Conversation – Tilman Ruff
22.01.21 Immoral, Inhumane, and Now Illegal Australian Outlook – Marianne Hanson
21.01.21 Addressing the Humanitarian and Environmental Consequences of Atmospheric Nuclear Weapon Tests: A Case Study of UK and US Test Programs at Kiritimati (Christmas) and Malden Islands, Republic of Kiribati Global Policy- Dimity Hawkins et al
18.01.21 Nuclear weapons ban treaty: more than a symbolic victory Croakey – Sue Wareham
14.12.20 Don’t mention the ban: Australia’s evasion of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Toda Peace Institute Global Outlook – Gem Romuld
06.11.20 The people’s treaty Online Opinion – Daryl Le Cornu
04.11.20 Nuclear weapons – always inhumane and unacceptable, now illegal Intouch Public Health – Tilman Ruff
03.11.20 315 nuclear bombs and ongoing suffering: the shameful history of nuclear testing in Australia and the Pacific The Conversation – Dimity Hawkins and Tilman Ruff
02.11.20 Disarmament treaty drops bomb on super funds investing in nuclear weapons Michael West Media – Margaret Beavis
01.11.20 Nuclear weapons treaty backed by 50 nations to become international law Independent Australia – Dave Sweeney
30.10.20 Australia should show leadership on the nuclear ban treaty Pearls and Irritations – Marianne Hanson
30.10.20 Nuclear weapons – always inhumane and unacceptable, now illegal The Australian Independent Media Network – Tilman Ruff
27.10.20 Where will Australia stand on banning weapons of mass destruction? The Lowy Interpreter – Marianne Hanson
26.10.20 As UN nuclear ban treaty enters into force, time for Australia to address its role and history Croakey – Ruth Mitchell
25.10.20 Now that nuclear weapons are illegal, the Pacific demands truth on decades of testing The Guardian – Dimity Hawkins
08.10.20 No-one hypoxic or hospitalised with COVID-19 should have the power to launch nuclear weapons Pearls and Irritations – Tilman Ruff
29.09.20 The nuclear arms race is back on Red Flag – Jack Crawford
31.08.20 Banning the bomb Green Issue WA – Gem Romuld
18.08.20 Bishop Vincent among religious calling for Australia to join nuclear ban Catholic Outlook – Interfaith open letter
07.08.20 Pope sends special message to the people of Japan Cath News – Interfaith open letter
06.08.20 Opinion: Today the message from Hiroshima is more urgent than ever Mercury – Sally Attrill
06.08.20 Letters: Let’s not forget the very first victims of nuclear war today Canberra Times – Sue Wareham
20.07.20 Letters: Push to join nuclear weapons ban Financial Review – Daryl Le Cornu
15.06.20 Arms control or out of control? Lowy Interpreter – Marianne Hanson
09.06.20 Australia must stem our major military ally’s rush to nuclear weapon free-for-all Pearls and Irritations – Tilman Ruff
02.06.20 Letter: nuclear never the answer Canberra Times – Sue Wareham
26.05.20 As we wait for a vaccine, there is another global threat we could address today Canberra Times – Sue Wareham
15.05.20 COVID-19 and nuclear weapons Croakey – Tilman Ruff
06.05.20 What the coronavirus can teach us about nuclear weapons Responsible Statecraft – incl Ruth Mitchell
31.03.20 Think Things Are Bad Now? Wait Until We Stumble Into a Nuclear Disaster Australian Outlook – Marianne Hanson
17.03.20 Stories of the Black Mist: First Nations anti-nuclear activists share testimonies on Peace Boat – Sarah Lord Anderson
05.02.20 All Aboard: Peace Boat hosts ICAN Workshops across Australia Peace Boat – Sarah Lord Anderson
29.11.19 Nobel Peace Prize at Parliament House Parliament of Victoria
10.11.19 Tilman Ruff: to literally save the world National Portrait Gallery
29.10.19 It’s time to Quit Nukes! Australian Ethical
25.10.19 Is your super funding nuclear weapons? Pearls and Irritations – Margaret Beavis and Margaret Peril
18.10.19 Australia’s hypocrisy on nuclear weapons cannot continue Canberra Times – Gem Romuld
23.09.19 Nuclear weapons pose the greatest acute danger to Earth’s climate Croakey – Tilman Ruff
23.08.19 Should Australia join the nuclear weapons club? Insights, Uniting Church – Doug Hewitt
06.08.19 Australian pathway through Pine Gap to nuclear ban treaty Alice Springs News Online – Richard Tanter
09.07.19 Our own nuclear weapons? That’s the exact opposite of what we should do Canberra Times – Sue Wareham
10.06.19 Swinburne community recognised in Queen’s Birthday 2019 Honours List Swinburne University News
03.06.19 Letter: ban above politics The Australian – Robert Tickner
20.03.19 Faculty commemorates ICAN’s Melbourne origins University of Melbourne
23.01.18 The race against time to end nuclear weapons Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal – Tilman Ruff
28.12.18 The Cold War is back. Labor is right to support a nuclear ban treaty The Guardian – Tilman Ruff
27.12.18 Labor sets the right course on nuclear disarmament Sydney Morning Herald – Gem Romuld
10.12.18 It’s time: why Labor must join the global push to outlaw nuclear weapons Sydney Morning Herald – Robert Tickner
20.09.18 On the road (for 900kms) to a nuclear ban treaty: ICAN urges Australia to sign up Croakey – Marie McInerney
08.09.18 ICAN Nobel Peace Prize Ride: On the road to a future free of nuclear weapons The Illawarra Mercury, The Border Mail, The Courier, Bega District News, Queensland Country Life, Maitland Mercury, The Newcastle Herald – Gem Romuld and Lavanya Pant
28.08.18 Gem Romuld and the Nobel Peace Ride The Australian Women’s Weekly, Now to Love – Holly Royce
12.07.18 The nuclear weapons ban treaty one year on Australian Outlook – Tilman Ruff
11.07.18 Update: we can win a nuclear weapons ban treaty NTEU Advocate – Jeannie Rae
01.05.18 Nuclear treaty a Nobel effort for MLS alumnus MLS News – Bess Keaney
26.04.18 Letters: Weapons of preference The Canberra Times – Sue Wareham
16.04.18 Letters: There are weapons worse than chemical ones The Age – Margie Beavis
16.03.18 Partnerships between universities and arms manufacturers raise thorny ethical questions The Conversation – Tilman Ruff and Alex Edney-Browne
09.02.18 Yes, ICAN Big Issue Australia – Michael Eppis
05.02.18 A global peace movement Australian Catholics – Kaitlyn Fasso-Opie
29.01.18 Nuclear weapons – Australia stands on the wrong side of history Right Now – Tilman Ruff
01.01.17 Opinion: Nuclear disarmament unrealistic? So is keeping the bombs and surviving The Canberra Times, The Brisbane Times – Margaret Beavis
19.12.17 Opinion: Talking point- PM silent on Nobel prize when world needs him to speak up The Mercury – Peter Boyer
19.12.17 The UN nuclear ban treaty is historic on five counts The Interpreter – Ramesh Thakur
13.12.17 Letters: Nuclear Weapons – we should be proud of our Nobel peace prize The Age
11.12.17 How an Australian-born grassroots movement won the Nobel Peace Prize Women’s Agenda – Georgina Dent
11.12.17 Winning the Nobel peace prize confirms my life’s mission to help end nuclear weapons The Guardian – Tilman Ruff
11.12.17 Will the Nobel Peace Prize change Australia’s double speak? Pearls and Irritations – Margie Beavis
11.12.17 A pub in Carlton: the story of Australia’s first Nobel Peace Prize Medical Journal of Australia: Insight – Ruth Mitchell and Marcus Yip
10.12.17 Meet Felicity Ruby, Australia Nobel Women’s Initiative
09.12.17 My people are still suffering from Australia’s secret nuclear testing The Sydney Morning Herald – Sue Coleman-Haseldine
08.12.17 Opinion (print only) Adelaide Advertiser – Tilman Ruff
02.11.17 Letter: Even testing a hazard The Age – Margie Beavis
31.10.17 Letter: Nuclear doublespeak The Canberra Times – Margie Beavis
25.10.17 Pacific’s role and history of nuclear suffering boosted treaty success Asia Pacific Report, Pacific Media Centre – Vanessa Griffen
24.10.17 10 years ago my father founded ICAN. Now it won the Nobel Peace Prize Oxfam Australia – Daisy Gardener
21.10.17 Letter: Peace prize for anti-nuke group The Post – Judy Blyth
17.10.17 Banning nuclear weapons: the moment of truth has arrived Kyodo News – Tilman Ruff
16.10.17 Could a Melbourne student hold the key to peace on the Korean peninsula? The Age – Maher Mughrabi
15.10.17 Nobel winners amplify Aboriginal anti-nuclear stories Eureka Street – Michele Madigan
13.10.17 Swinburne activist founding member of Nobel Peace Prize organisation Swinburne University News – Nick Adams
12.10.17 Letter: Australia should sign the treaty to prohibit global nuclear weapons The Canberra Times – Kathryn Kelly
11.10.17 Malcolm Turnbull won’t congratulate Australia’s first Nobel peace laureate, because he supports nukes Sydney Morning Herald – Sue Wareham
09.10.17 Australians won the Nobel Peace Prize! No thanks to the weasels The Guardian – First Dog on the Moon
09.10.17 Will our Nobel peace prize convince Australia to give up nuclear weapons? The Guardian – Tim Wright
09.10.17 How Melbourne activists launched a campaign and won a Nobel prize The Conversation – Dimity Hawkins, Tilman Ruff
09.10.17 University of Melbourne colleagues share in a Nobel Prize for Peace Melbourne University
09.10.17 Historic treaty banning nuclear weapons opens for signature: Australia where are you? Greenpeace Australia Pacific – Tilman Ruff
07.10.17 A Nobel Peace Prize born in Australia Sydney Morning Herald – Margaret Beavis
27.09.17 Why the new treaty banning nuclear weapons is important and how it can be used Power to Persuade – Tilman Ruff
21.09.17 Why Australia should sign the UN nuclear weapons ban treaty. Now. Huffpost Australia – Melissa Parke
20.09.17 Australia must sign the prohibition on nuclear weapons: here’s why The Conversation – Tilman Ruff
06.09.17 Nuclear war or prohibition? Australia can choose New Matilda – Gem Romuld
03.09.17 A Marshall Islands voice at the UN nuclear ban treaty negotiations Australian Friend – Gem Romuld
07.08.17 Time to banish the threat of nuclear war The Mercury – Sally Atrill
06.08.17 Australia stands in the cold while the UN bans nuclear weapons Woroni – Angela Chen and Byron Knight
28.07.17 Why the new UN nuclear weapons ban is important, including for social, health and environmental policy Power to Persuade – Tilman Ruff
17.07.17 Nuclear weapons banned at last. Now let’s put Australia on the right side of history Croakey – Margaret Beavis
12.07.17 Boys and their toys: the growing movement against nuclear nations New Matilda – Sue Wareham
10.07.17 The global nuclear ban treaty: criminalising all nuclear weapons Pearls and Irritations – Richard Tanter
10.07.17 Celebration as UN adopts historic nuclear weapons ban Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Tim Wright
03.07.17 Disarmament in the Balance Kill Your Darlings – Joshua Jennings
28.06.17 Karina Lester: Aboriginal people do not want a nuclear waste dump in South Australia The Advertiser – Karina Lester
26.06.17 It’s time to ban nuclear weapons for good Huffington Post – Tilman Ruff, Claire Mallinson, Helen Szoke
19.06.17 A global nuclear weapons ban? Ready or not, here it comes Australian Outlook – Richard Tanter
14.06.17 A call to action for health professionals to work towards a nuclear weapons ban Croakey – Sue Wareham
10.06.17 Talking point: Tasmanians can join UN bid to ban nuclear weapons The Mercury – Linley Grant
07.06.17 Australia’s Double-Standard When It Comes To Regional Security Has Gone Nuclear Huffington Post – Margaret Beavis and Sue Wareham
31.05.17 Nuclear ban treaty progresses, despite US-led objections Lowy Interpreter – Tim Wright
30.05.17 The Future is Not Ours Sisters of St Joseph News – Sue Coleman-Haseldine and Michele Madigan
30.04.17 Letter: Silence is deafening The Age – Sue Wareham
26.04.17 Letter: North Korea- by opposing UN we have increased insecurity The Age – Tim Wright
25.04.17 If you abhor chemical attacks, support a ban on nuclear weapons, published in the Ban Brief of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Tim Wright
25.04.17 Letter: Do as you say, Julie The Age and Sydney Morning Herald – Margaret Beavis
21.04.17 Letter: Leaders too unfit to ‘deter’ The Canberra Times – Sue Wareham
30.03.17 Australia boycotts nuclear weapon talks like US The Science Times – Jaswin S. Singh
29.03.17 Don’t obstruct efforts to ban nuclear weapons The Japan Times – Ramesh Thakur
29.03.17 Banning nuclear weapons for humanity’s sake The Jakarta Post – Ramesh Thakur
29.03.17 Nuclear disarmament Pearls and Irritations – Bishop Pat Power
28.03.17 Back to Bikini, forward to disarmament Pacific Islands News Association – Nic Maclellan
27.03.17 UN disarmament negotiations: Australia out in the cold Insights – Mat Kelly
23.03.17 Is Australia violating the Non-Proliferation Treaty? Lowy Interpreter – Tim Wright
20.03.17 Nuclear weapons ban: engage or enrage? Australian Institute of International Affairs – John Carlson
15.03.17 Letter: Australia’s nuclear stance not exactly popular in our region The Canberra Times – Sue Wareham
25.02.17 Australia to boycott United Nations nuclear disarmament negotiations Green Left Weekly – Kerry Smith
23.02.17 Wanted: a new policy on nuclear weapons The Strategist – Tim Wright
22.02.17 Comment: Australia’s unprecedented decision to snub nuclear talks is irresponsible The Sydney Morning Herald – Paul Barratt and Sue Wareham
17.02.17 The Sydney Morning Herald – Sue Wareham
18.12.16 Comment: Despite Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the world is closer to banning nuclear weapons The Sydney Morning Herald – Margaret Beavis
16.11.16 As the world pushes for a ban on nuclear weapons, Australia votes to stay on the wrong side of history The Conversation – Tilman Ruff
02.11.16 Letter: Subservience to US over nuclear weapons dangerous path to follow The Canberra Times – Sue Wareham
08.10.16 Peace activists converge to close Pine Gap Green Left Weekly – Kerry Smith
26.08.16 Australia’s stance on nuclear deterrence leaves it on the wrong side of history The Conversation – Dimity Hawkins and Julie Kimber
23.08.16 Australia writes itself out of nuclear disarmament diplomacy Lowy Interpreter – Richard Lennane
08.08.16 71 Years On, we’re still dodging bullets while Australia leads the charge to promote nuclear weapons New Matilda – Sue Wareham
23.06.16 Protest at Australian Government ‘weasel’ act on nuclear bomb ban Green Left Weekly – Jim McIlroy
17.06.16 Australia faces a stark choice in the growing movement for a global nuclear weapons treaty Lowy Interpreter – Tim Wright
27.05.16 Comment: Hope and hype of Hiroshima can’t conceal Obama’s dismal record on nuclear disarmament The Guardian – Tim Wright
06.08.15 Ban the bomb: 70 years on, the nuclear threat looms as large as ever New Internationalist – Tilman Ruff
05.08.15 Comment: Seventy years after Hiroshima momentum is building to ban nuclear weapons The Sydney Morning Herald – Sue Wareham
09.12.14. Nuclear weapons: survivors aspire for a nuke free world Global Perspectives – Neena Bhandari
26.09.14 A day to demand that the world wake up and avert nuclear doom The Conversation – Tilman Ruff and Richard Tanter
25.07.13 Stumbling in the dark, reaching for the light Right Now – Tilman Ruff
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