Writer
John Hallam
Australian Coordinator PNND, People for Nuclear Disarmament UN Nuclear Weapons Campaigner, Human Survival Project, Co-Convenor Abolition 2000 Nuclear Risk Reduction Working Group
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Our highest national security priority
The purchase of nuclear submarines via AUKUS is turning into an open–ended nightmare in terms of cost that will deliver nothing positive for Australia’s security. Meanwhile, the need for action both on disarmament and on nuclear risk reduction has never been more pressing. Even at the height of the Cold War, the metaphorical hands of Continue reading »
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Doomsday clock stays at 90 seconds to midnight: Still poised on the brink, closer than we’ve ever been
Nuclear risk reduction, abolition, more, urgent than ever. Continue reading »
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World on the brink: Australia must act on Ban Treaty
With the world on the brink, Australia must take new initiatives on Ban Treaty, nuclear risk reduction. Continue reading »
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Darkness: nuclear winter – fire, ice, famine
The Ukraine conflict, and the nuclear threats uttered by Vladimir Putin have made the risk of nuclear war as high as it has ever been. The current position of the Doomsday Clock hands at 90 seconds to ‘midnight’ is the closest ever. Nuclear Winter, together with tech-ending EMP, is one of a number of civilisation- Continue reading »
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Australia should show leadership in nuclear disarmament – a resolution in the UN General Assembly on the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine would help
Australia needs to show leadership in the area of nuclear disarmament, and of more immediate importance, (like, ‘….could happen next week’), of nuclear risk reduction. Continue reading »
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A first-use US nuclear posture would be dangerous for the world and for Australia.
First use confronts Australia and the region with a real possibility of utter catastrophe, and ambiguity is almost as bad. We must base our policies on the truism that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. Continue reading »
