Media Releases
Media Release: ICAN Australia Condemns Strikes on Iran and Calls on Australia to Champion International Law and Diplomacy
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia joins ICAN International to unequivocally condemn yesterday’s military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran. Nuclear-armed states launching unlawful attacks is no way to...
Media Release: End of New START escalates risks for Australia
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The collapse of the New START treaty on 5 February removes the last legally binding limits on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals at a time of heightened global tension and nuclear threats. With inspections halted, data exchanges frozen, and no...
Media Release: Doomsday Clock warns of rising nuclear danger—Australia can still change course
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Today, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists reset the Doomsday Clock from 89 to 85 seconds to midnight, signalling that humanity is moving closer to catastrophe. The new setting reflects a world facing escalating nuclear dangers and a full-blown new...
Government backflips on nuclear-capable submarines under AUKUS
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has warned of escalating nuclear risks after Senate Estimates confirmed the government would not stand in the way of US Virginia-class submarines entering Australian waters while armed with...
Target Australia: Four Corners sounds alarm on nuclear weapons
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), has called on the Australian government to urgently advance the signature of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) to address growing nuclear dangers. The call follows last...
Media Release: Trump Administration to resume nuclear testing – and the Albanese government faces one
CAMPAIGN NEWS: President Donald Trump has instructed the US Department of War to “immediately start testing US nuclear weapons” on an equal basis to China and Russia, who have recently conducted tests of nuclear-capable delivery vehicles. The last time Russia, China...
Media Release: Australian support for US nuclear strikes undermines international law, rules and norms.
CAMPAIGN NEWS:Australian interests are not advanced by supporting US attacks on Iran. Formal Australian government support for recent US military strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran is inconsistent with key principles of international law and diplomacy and are...
MEDIA RELEASE: US attacks on nuclear sites are a dangerous escalation — Australia must not assist
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE: US attacks on nuclear sites are a dangerous escalation — Australia must not assist The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia condemns the United States’ reported strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran....
Media Release: Israel-Iran conflict shows the deadly danger of nuclear brinkmanship — Australia must reject nuclear weapons
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE: Israel-Iran conflict shows the deadly danger of nuclear brinkmanship — Australia must reject nuclear weapons The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia warns that the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran...
Media Release: Trump is putting nuclear disarmament on the agenda, Australia must join the ban
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE Trump is putting nuclear disarmament on the agenda, Australia must join the ban. Last week, US President Donald Trump proposed to cut the US defence budget by half and to stop producing new nuclear weapons. “We already have so many,” he...
Media Release: ICAN Australia Condemns Strikes on Iran and Calls on Australia to Champion International Law and Diplomacy
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia joins ICAN International to unequivocally condemn yesterday’s military strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran. Nuclear-armed states launching unlawful attacks is no way to...
Media Release: End of New START escalates risks for Australia
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The collapse of the New START treaty on 5 February removes the last legally binding limits on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals at a time of heightened global tension and nuclear threats. With inspections halted, data exchanges frozen, and no...
Media Release: Doomsday Clock warns of rising nuclear danger—Australia can still change course
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Today, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists reset the Doomsday Clock from 89 to 85 seconds to midnight, signalling that humanity is moving closer to catastrophe. The new setting reflects a world facing escalating nuclear dangers and a full-blown new...
Government backflips on nuclear-capable submarines under AUKUS
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has warned of escalating nuclear risks after Senate Estimates confirmed the government would not stand in the way of US Virginia-class submarines entering Australian waters while armed with...
Target Australia: Four Corners sounds alarm on nuclear weapons
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), has called on the Australian government to urgently advance the signature of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) to address growing nuclear dangers. The call follows last...
Media Release: Trump Administration to resume nuclear testing – and the Albanese government faces one
CAMPAIGN NEWS: President Donald Trump has instructed the US Department of War to “immediately start testing US nuclear weapons” on an equal basis to China and Russia, who have recently conducted tests of nuclear-capable delivery vehicles. The last time Russia, China...
Media Release: Australian support for US nuclear strikes undermines international law, rules and norms.
CAMPAIGN NEWS:Australian interests are not advanced by supporting US attacks on Iran. Formal Australian government support for recent US military strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran is inconsistent with key principles of international law and diplomacy and are...
MEDIA RELEASE: US attacks on nuclear sites are a dangerous escalation — Australia must not assist
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE: US attacks on nuclear sites are a dangerous escalation — Australia must not assist The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia condemns the United States’ reported strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran....
Media Release: Israel-Iran conflict shows the deadly danger of nuclear brinkmanship — Australia must reject nuclear weapons
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE: Israel-Iran conflict shows the deadly danger of nuclear brinkmanship — Australia must reject nuclear weapons The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia warns that the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran...
Media Release: Trump is putting nuclear disarmament on the agenda, Australia must join the ban
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE Trump is putting nuclear disarmament on the agenda, Australia must join the ban. Last week, US President Donald Trump proposed to cut the US defence budget by half and to stop producing new nuclear weapons. “We already have so many,” he...