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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia)

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Working for Australia to join the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons #nuclearban

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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"It was while still a prisoner of the Imperial Japanese Army that Tom saw the discoloured sky that followed the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. [They were] "crimes against humanity," - Martin Flanagan reflects on Tom Uren's life and legacy. icanaustralia.substack.com/p/ode-to-a-c...
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Ode to a Compassionate Warrior
On Anzac Day, journalist Martin Flanagan reflects on Tom Uren's life and legacy.
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Tilman Ruff AO, for The Conversation. "Nuclear-armed states have not only failed to disarm, they are growing, modernising and threatening to use their arsenals in an accelerating arms race.[...]" theconversation.com/a-new-nuclea... #nuclearban
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A new nuclear arms race is accelerating. There’s only one way to stop it
The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than at any point in its history.
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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.
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Media Release: ICAN Australia Condemns Strikes on Iran and Calls on Australia to Champion International Law and Diplomacy - ICAN Australia
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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." icanw.org.au/media-releas...
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Media Release: End of New START escalates risks for Australia - ICAN Australia
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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...
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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: www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog... #nuclearban
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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 ⬇️ #nuclearban
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Target Australia: Four Corners sounds alarm on nuclear weapons - ICAN Australia
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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 #nuclearban
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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?
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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. ☢️❌🕊️ #nuclearban
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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.
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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. #nuclearban
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Talking #nuclearban treaty with @markbaileymp.bsky.social, state member for Miller, QLD, a longterm supporter of nuclear weapons abolition.
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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.🎉
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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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...
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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...
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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
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Parliamentary Speeches - ICAN Australia
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
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
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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. 💙
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Australian support for US nuclear strikes undermines international law, rules and norms. Australian interests are not advanced by supporting US attacks on Iran.
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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 icanw.org.au/media-releas...
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MEDIA RELEASE: US attacks on nuclear sites are a dangerous escalation — Australia must not assist - ICAN Australia
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Let’s remember that Iran *does not have any nuclear weapons* and Israel’s aggression will only make it more likely Iran will pursue them. The most responsible thing Australia can do to champion nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation is to sign the nuclear weapon ban treaty, now. #nuclearban
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Nuclear-armed Israel's attacks on Iran "the most flagrant example of double standards that you could possibly imagine" - our co-founder Tilman Ruff in SBS news #nuclearban www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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The 'unsustainable' reason behind who can have nuclear weapons, and who can’t
Israel has said its attack on Iran on Friday was partially aimed at destroying its nuclear infrastructure. But it's far from the only country to have developed its capacity in recent years.
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Wollongong Council just passed a motion to commemorate 80 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, backing the nuclear weapon ban treaty and asking why the federal government hasn’t signed it yet. 👏 #nuclearban @wollongongcity.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
1/ ICAN is gravely concerned by escalating hostilities between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, including last night’s missile strikes and nuclear threats. A nuclear exchange would be catastrophic for the world. Read our full statement here: icanw.org/ican_respons... #NuclearBan
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ICAN calls for immediate de-escalation of conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Nobel Peace Prize 2017) has issued the following statement from Executive Director, Melissa Parke:
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This election was a massive rejection of nuclear. Now is the time for bold action on nuclear weapons, by signing and ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Don't forget your promise, @albomp.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=doOr... #nuclearban
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"Core Business" - Labor Backs the Ban
YouTube video by ICAN Australia
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
No, @clivehamilton.bsky.social, it is not time for Australia to acquire nuclear weapons. Nor will it ever be. The safer path is diplomacy and disarmament. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05... #nuclearban
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No, it is not time for Australia to acquire its own nuclear weapons
Clive Hamilton’s proposal that Australia should consider acquiring nuclear weapons relies on several flawed assumptions. The biggest of these is the myth that nuclear weapons make us — or anybody — sa...
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Fundraiser: get your hands on one of these beautiful posters commissioned for the year of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, & the first nuclear test at Trinity. Designed by Japanese artist Hiroyasu Tsuri, aka TWOONE. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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2025 Commemorative Poster: Abolish Nuclear Weapons
We are now in the 80th year since the horror of nuclear weapons was first unleashed. Tested on First Nations land in New Mexico and then dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapon...
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The Third Meeting of States Parties is beginning in a matter of hours at the UNHQ in New York! Our international Executive Director @melissaparke01.bsky.social will help open the conference. Follow us, @nuclearban.bsky.social and @rcw-wilpf.bsky.social for updates 💪 #nuclearban
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
#NuclearBan Week is kicking off today with a Campaigners Forum at the historic Riverside Church, New York. Nothing quite like a room full of people dedicated to nuclear weapons abolition 💪
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
BREAKING: Australia is now confirmed to observe the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the UN HQ in New York next week. A critical step towards signature. 👏🍎🇺🇳✍️ #nuclearban @nuclearban.bsky.social
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Good to be here! You can expect info and updates on local, national and international activism to GET RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. It’s time for Australia to sign the nuclear weapon ban treaty, right? 🙌 #nuclearban
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia) @ican-australia.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Join us at this year’s National Sustainability Festival as we are joined by experts from Youngsolwara, @australiainstitute.org.au and @docsenvaus.bsky.social to discuss the twin existential threats of nuclear weapons and climate change, and what needs to happen to avert catastrophe.
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