Australians urged to support Million Pleas
Media release, 6 August 2010: Australians are being urged to help create the world’s longest video chain letter to appeal to world leaders to abolish nuclear weapons. The unique grassroots "Million Pleas" campaign, initiated in Australia, is being launched to mark the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Local governments unite on calls for a convention
Media release, 26 May 2010: As talks come to a close on nuclear disarmament at the United Nations in New York this week, actions by local governments from around Australia open. At least 17 councils around Australia have passed resolutions calling on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to support a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
Our nuclear stance must go beyond deterrence
Malcolm Fraser et al, 16 December 2009: Kevin Rudd joined Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama yesterday to launch the first report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. This report is important because for the first time, an American president is committed to long-term nuclear disarmament.
Extended nuclear deterrence is deceptive
Tilman Ruff & John Loretz, 18 September 2009: A new generation of Japanese leaders now has an unprecedented opportunity to join US President Barack Obama and other leaders in the pursuit of a vital goal overwhelmingly supported by people the world over: ridding our planet of nuclear weapons.







