- by Peter Farmer
- The Guardian
- Issue #2155
On the 80th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear bomb test which began the age of nuclear weapons, the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) has called on the Australian government to take action to prevent nuclear war.
IPAN member and spokesperson, Colin Mitchell said that IPAN believes the Australian government should declare support for nuclear-armed nations to adopt No First Use policies as a means of reducing the risk of nuclear war. IPAN has urged Australia to support China’s proposed five nation No First Use treaty.
Reminding the Albanese government that the Labor party has previously taken a leadership role in advancing measures towards nuclear war risk reduction, nuclear arms control and nuclear disarmament, IPAN describes the risk of nuclear conflict as at its highest level since the Cuban missile crisis. “We are seeing multiple existing or potential conflict zones that could spill over into nuclear war, including the Ukraine war, India-Pakistan, and the US-China confrontation in the South China sea. Nuclear war is the biggest threat to the survival of human civilisation on planet “earth,” said Mitchell.
