International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia)

Media Release: ICAN Australia Condemns Strikes on Iran and Calls on Australia to Champion International Law and Diplomacy - ICAN Australia

ICAN Australia condemns military strikes by the US and Israel on Iran. The only way to avoid nuclear catastrophe and to discourage more states from seeking their own nuclear weapons, is to uphold and vigorously defend international law and to implement the #TPNW #nuclearban.

"The best way to put sovereign guardrails excluding nuclear weapons around our military cooperation with the United States is to join the ban treaty. The end of New START makes doing that, as Labor’s national policy platform commits, more urgent.”

“Australia cannot credibly support nuclear restraint and disarmament while standing outside the global ban, which has been joined by over half the world’s nations."

“The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons lights the path forward. It draws a clear line—nuclear weapons are illegal, unacceptable, and must be eliminated— and it provides the only internationally agreed, verified, time-bound framework to do so.”

“But this would not be enough. Nuclear-armed states should start negotiations to verifiably eliminate their Doomsday arsenals, as they committed to do more than 50 years ago in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.”

“We are back in a full-scale arms race. Russia and the US could double their deployed nuclear weapons within months of New START’s end unless President Trump takes up President Putin’s offer to continue to respect New START’s limits. He should do this urgently.”

Media Release: End of New START escalates risks for Australia - ICAN Australia

Dr Tilman Ruff, ICAN: “New START was the last treaty constraint on the most destructive weapons ever built. Its collapse leaves the world more dangerous and less predictable."

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On the anniversary of ICAN’s Nobel Peace Prize, co-founder Dave Sweeney warns in @australia.theguardian.com that Australia is drifting towards the normalisation of nuclear war-fighting, and urges the government to finally sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty. #NuclearBan

On this day in 2017 ICAN was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for our efforts to ban nuclear weapons. Setsuko Thurlow’s message remains clear: “Our light now is the ban treaty.” We keep pushing for a safer world, free from the threat of nuclear war. #TPNW #NuclearBan

The #UnitingChurchAustralia has issued a powerful call for Australia to sign the #nuclearban — a moral step that would build trust in our region and show real leadership for peace. Read Rev. Charissa Suli's article for Pearls & Irritations @johnmenadue.com here: johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...

ICAN's Tilman Ruff was interviewed on #triplejhack about how a nuclear war could start, how fast things might spiral out of control, and whether there’s still time for us to step back from the brink.

Listen to the full interview:
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ICAN Co-Chair Marianne Hanson reviews A House of Dynamite — Kathryn Bigelow’s chilling new film on @netflix that reminds us how close we remain to nuclear catastrophe.

Read the full review via our substack: www.icanaustralia.substack.com
#AHouseOfDynamite #NuclearWeapons #NuclearBan

Target Australia: Four Corners sounds alarm on nuclear weapons - ICAN Australia

Did you see 4 Corners on Monday night? It sounds the alarm on Australia hosting nuclear-capable planes and submarines and challenges Defence Minister Richard Marles on signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Read our response ⬇️
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The PM once championed a nuclear weapons ban. What happened? Anthony Albanese and Richard Marles once pledged Labor would sign a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Why have they walked this back in government?

It's time for Australia to send a clear message to our nation, our region and the world that nuclear weapons are a red line. We call for the government to set a timeline for the signature of the TPNW in this term of parliament
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Thanks for having us @qldlabor.bsky.social members @lancemccallummp.bsky.social, Joan Pease MP and Melissa McMahon MP.
Great to see QLD Labor members of parliament backing the call for Australia to join the nuclear weapon ban treaty without delay. ☢️❌🕊️
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Greens member for Maiwar QLD, @michaelberkmanmp.bsky.social getting to know the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and ICAN’s Nobel Peace Prize, awarded for our role in achieving the treaty.
Thank you Michael.

Fantastic to meet with new QLD backers of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Michael Healy MP, Margie Nightingale MP and Grace Grace MP, @qldlabor.bsky.social
It’s time for Australia to sign and ratify.
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Talking #nuclearban treaty with @markbaileymp.bsky.social, state member for Miller, QLD, a longterm supporter of nuclear weapons abolition.

HISTORY MADE TODAY! The global majority has joined the #NuclearBan Treaty!

Today Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬 signed and Ghana🇬🇭 ratified the UN Treaty banning nuclear weapons, bringing us to bringing the total to 99 out of 197 eligible states.🎉

Eight decades after the Hiroshima nuclear bombing, survivors have one demand Thousands of people are set to gather to commemorate the 80th anniversary and the catastrophic impacts of the nuclear bombing of Japan's Hiroshima during World War II, including survivors who are call...

On the 80th anniversary of the bombing of #Hiroshima, Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors call for an end to nuclear weapons. @nuclearban.bsky.social @ican-australia.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Parliamentary Speeches - ICAN Australia

South Australian MP Tammy Franks moved a fantastic motion acknowledging the 80th anniversaries of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, the impact of nuclear testing in Australia, and the importance of the nuclear weapon ban treaty. Read it here: icanw.org.au/learn/parlia...
Thank you @tammyfranks.bsky.social

The @victorianlabor.bsky.social conference unanimously passed this motion at its conference on the weekend, calling on @albomp.bsky.social to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear weapons in this term of government. 👏👏👏
#nuclearban #labor

Tania Lawrence MP moved this motion commemorating the Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80th anniversaries, highlighting the nuclear weapon ban treaty and calling for action. Thank you Tania. 💙

We cannot bomb a path to peace and our government must act to reduce nuclear risks, not inflame them.

Australia must not allow nuclear weapons to be used as a pretext for launching another devastating war. Australia must reject this logic and refuse to support any action that fuels war under the banner of nuclear threat.

Instead of aligning with nuclear-armed states acting outside the law, Australia should act independently to uphold international law and negotiated outcomes and urgently move to sign and ratify the #nuclearban

Australian support sends a dangerous message to the international community that Australia backs military aggression over dialogue and further erodes global disarmament norms.

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 deeply unhelpful in realising a peaceful resolution to this crisis.

Australian support for US nuclear strikes undermines international law, rules and norms. Australian interests are not advanced by supporting US attacks on Iran.

MEDIA RELEASE: US attacks on nuclear sites are a dangerous escalation — Australia must not assist - ICAN Australia

Australian Government should immediately rule out any logistical support for US attacks on Iran, including by denying permission for US B-2 or B-52 bombers to transit or refuel in Australia. #nuclearban
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