ACTIVITIES

April 2026

Parliamentary Friends of the TPNW welcomed 25 new members to the group, bringing the number of members to 47. 

 

November 2025

Parliamentary Friends of the TPNW in the 48th Parliament was launched on 4 November 2025 by co-chairs Assistant Minister Josh Wilson MP, Helen Haines MP and Senator David Shoebridge. The launch was held in Parliament House and featured Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner on Human Rights and winner of the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize. View a snapshot here.

 

August 2025

On August 6th and 9th, 2025, Josh Wilson MP (ALP), Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, attended the 80th Anniversary Commemorations of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Parks as an official representative of the Australian Government.

 

 

May 2024

Warren Entsch, Federal Member for Leichhardt (LNP) joins the team of co-chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, alongside Russell Broadbent MP (IND), Senator Jordon Steele-John (GRN) and Josh Wilson MP (ALP).

 

 

April 2024

A video is released demonstrating that action on nuclear disarmament is beyond party politics,  the video shows parliamentarians from across the political spectrum working together to see the TPNW signed and ratified.  The video features: Susan Templeman MP, Senator Jordan, Steele-John, Monique Ryan MP, Russell Broadbent  MP, Sam Lim MP, Senator Louise Pratt, Senator Lidia Thorpe, Sharon Claydon MP, Josh Burns MP & Josh Wilson MP.

 

 

October 2024

The Parliamentary Friends of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons co-hosted an event with the Parliamentary Friends of Indonesia to mark Indonesia’s ratification of the TPNW in September 2024, Building regional peace and security: the nuclear weapon ban treaty with special guest Ambassador H.E. Dr. Siswo Pramono, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, who encouraged Australia to demonstrate leadership and join the TPNW.

 

 

March 2024

Event to launch ICAN Australia’s new report: History is Calling: Australia and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, featuring visiting ICAN International Executive Director Melissa Parke, and ICAN International Treaty Coordinator Tim Wright. Susan Templeman MP also provided an update on the Second Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW, which she attended representing Australia in November 2023.

 

June 2023

Press conference, event and statement for the Atomic Survivors’ Delegation to Parliament House. The co-chairs statement acknowledged the delegates’ “bravery, fortitude, and advocacy” and affirmed that “Australia’s timely signature and ratification of the Treaty would be a meaningful contribution to strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime at a time when that is urgently needed.”

Josh Wilson MP and Senator Jordon Steele-John both delivered powerful speeches in Parliament, respectively available here and here

January 2023

Statement celebrating the second anniversary of the entry into force of the TPNW.

The Co-Chairs released a statement acknowledging escalating nuclear threats and affirming their readiness to work towards Australia’s signature and ratification of the treaty. Read the statement.

September 2022

Launch in the 47th Parliament.

Digital meeting of Co-Chairs and members to discuss progress on the TPNW and hear from Susan Templeman MP, head of Australia’s delegation to the first Meeting of States Parties in June 2022.

March 2021

Event celebrating the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at Parliament House, featuring Alexander Kmentt via videolink, Director of the Department for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in the Austrian Foreign Ministry and President of the first Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW. Watch Kmentt’s address here.

June 2020

Digital launch in the 46th Parliament featuring former US Secretary of Defense William J Perry and Tom Collina, Ploughshares Fund.