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No Nuclear Weapons in Australia Declaration

The No Nuclear Weapons in Australia Declaration is open to Australian and Pacific Island civil society organisations and is coordinated by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Australia. The Declaration is not open to individual sign ons. 

To sign onto the Declaration please click here to complete the sign-on form. 

The Declaration will be launched publicly in March 2026.

We, the undersigned organisations, recognise that nuclear weapons have caused irreversible harm. From the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the radioactive legacies of testing on First Nations land in Australia at Maralinga, Emu Field and the Monte Bello Islands, and across the Pacific, including in the Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Ma’ohi Nui, communities continue to bear the scars. 

Today, escalating global tensions, renewed nuclear threats, expanding nuclear arsenals and the end of arms-control and disarmament agreements have pushed the risk of nuclear use, by accident or by intent, to its highest level in decades. 

No health service in the world would be capable of responding to the devastation even a single nuclear weapon could inflict on a city’s people, and even a "limited" nuclear war in one region would cause abrupt climate disruption and starvation worldwide.

As civil society organisations committed to peace, justice, human dignity and a living planet, we raise deep concern about Australia’s current trajectory towards increasing involvement in the command, control, targeting, hosting and possible launch of nuclear weapons from Australia. 

We urge the Albanese government to fulfill Labor’s important, long-standing national policy commitment to join the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and expect an announcement by or at the next Labor National Conference in Adelaide this July that the government will sign the TPNW in this term. 

Our concerns:

Nuclear weapons in Australia: Australia’s expanding military integration with nuclear-armed allies, including under AUKUS, could mean not only deepening our role in their nuclear possession, planning, control, targeting and threats but also hosting nuclear-capable aircraft and vessels. This includes, but is not limited to, the planned hosting of US nuclear-capable B-52s in the Northern Territory, and planned hosting of US attack submarines under the AUKUS agreement which may again become nuclear-capable in coming years. In enabling the presence of nuclear weapons, Australia could become a launchpad for nuclear war and an even higher priority target for adversaries.

"Nuclear ambiguity" and secrecy: Policies which normalise nuclear ambiguity risk undermining the integrity of the region’s nuclear-free status. Australia’s nuclear-armed allies’ “neither confirm nor deny” the presence of nuclear weapons on visiting submarines, ships or planes. This creates unacceptable uncertainty and risk. Australia currently has no legal ban on foreign nuclear weapons being brought into Australia, or being launched from Australia. Allowing visits of nuclear-capable craft, especially in this context, is unacceptable nuclear complicity.  Keeping nuclear weapons out of Australia makes us all, and the world, more secure. When it comes to nuclear weapons, we have the right to know, and the right to say no.

Acting against international law: Australia is a party to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, created by Pacific states after nuclear testing in the region, and prohibiting the stationing and deployment of nuclear weapons. Australia is a party to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that obliges parties to negotiate “effective measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament ”. Further, the use of nuclear weapons is not consistent with the principles of international humanitarian law.  

Our calls:

We call on the Australian Government to draw a red line on nuclear weapons:

• Sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as a matter of urgency, signing in this term of government, comprehensively repudiating nuclear weapons including extended nuclear deterrence, fulfilling Labor’s long-standing policy commitment and aligning Australia with the global majority of nations choosing to reject nuclear weapons.
  
  
• Reject nuclear ambiguity and prohibit the entry, transit or presence of nuclear weapons in Australian territory, waters and airspace.
  
  
• End all forms of assistance to nuclear weapons activities, including targeting, command, control, planning or enabling operations that support the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.

Our Commitment

As civil society organisations, we commit to working together, alongside First Nations and other communities affected by nuclear weapons, decision-makers and experts to ensure Australia fulfils its promised commitment to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. 

To do nothing is to accept the path to nuclear war.

We urge the Australian government to act with courage for transparency, humanity and international law, ensuring nuclear weapons never have a place in Australia. 

Endorsed by:

1. 350.org Australia
2. 350.org Pacific
3. Academy of Child and Adolescent Health
4. Act for Peace
5. ActionAid Australia
6. AidWatch
7. Amnesty International Australia
8. Anarchist Communist Federation – Geelong and South West Victoria
9. Anglican Parish of Indooroopilly
10. Anti-War Coalition Lutruwita/Tasmania
11. Arid Lands Environment Centre
12. Asia Pacific Greens Federation
13. Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED)
14. Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition
15. Australian Conservation Foundation
16. Australian Education Union
17. Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network
18. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
19. Australian Forests and Climate Alliance
20. Australian Medical Student Association
21. Australian Nuclear Free Alliance
22. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
23. Australian Peace and Security Forum
24. Australian Services Union
25. Australians for War Powers Reform
26. Blue Mountains Peace Collective
27. Bob Brown Foundation
28. Buddhist Council of NSW
29. Cairns and Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC)
30. Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD)
31. Catholic Religious Australia
32. Charter for Compassion, Australia
33. Christians for Peace Newcastle
34. Climate Action Network Australia
35. Climate Justice Union
36. Coalition for Education Solomon Islands
37. Communist Party of Australia, CPA
38. Communist Party of Australia (Marxist -Leninist)
39. Community and Public Sector Union State Public Services Federation, National
40. Community and Public Sector Union State Public Services Federation Group, Victorian Branch
41. Compassionate Ballarat
42. Conservation Council ACT Region
43. Conservation Council of West Australia 
44. DAWN - Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
45. Deep Sea Mining Campaign
46. Disability Women Empowerment Association Solomon Island  
47. DIVA for Equality
48. Doctors for the Environment Australia
49. Emerging Leaders Forum Alumni
50. Environment Centre NT
51. Environment Victoria
52. Evatt Foundation
53. Extinction Rebellion ACT
54. Extinction Rebellion Australia
55. Extinction Rebellion South Australia
56. Fiji Council of Social Services
57. Fiji Nuclear Veterans and Families Association 
58. Foundation for Young Australians
59. Free Palestine Coalition Garramilla
60. Friends of Australian Rock Art Inc
61. Friends of the Earth Australia
62. GetUp!
63. Green Music Australia
64. Greenpeace Australia-Pacific
65. Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation
66. Healthcare Students Association for the Prevention of War
67. Hills Peace Group
68. Hiroshima Day Committee Sydney
69. Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Inc.
70. Hunter Peace Group
71. Independent Education Union of Australia
72. Independent Education Union Australia NSW/ACT Branch
73. Independent and Peaceful Australia Network 
74. Indigenous Peoples' Organisation-Australia (IPOA)
75. Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea
76. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Aotearoa
77. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Australia
78. International Volunteers for Peace Incorporated
79. JoJikum
80. Just Peace QLD
81. Justice and Peace Office Sydney Archdiocese
82. Kastom Keepers
83. Koala Action Inc. 
84. Labor Against War
85. Lauru Land Conference of Tribal Communities
86. Lawyers For Peace
87. Let’s Talk Peace Ballarat
88. Maritime Union of Australia
89. Marrickville Peace Group
90. Marshallese Educational Initiative
91. Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia)
92. MORUROA E TATOU
93. National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA)
94. National Tertiary Education Union
95. Niue Australian Vagahau Association (NAVA)
96. No AUKUS Coalition Victoria
97. Nuclear Free Collective
98. Nuclear Free West Australia
99. Nuclear Truth Project
100. Oxfam Australia
101. Pacific Conference of Churches
102. Pacific Elders' Voice (PEV)
103. Pacific Islands Association of Non-Government Organisations (PIANGO)
104. Pacific Migration Partners 
105. Pacific Network on Globalisation
106. Pacific Youth Platform
107. PacificwinPacific (Pacific Women's Indigenous Network)
108. Palau Entrepreneurs for Growth (PEFG)
109. Palau Resource Institute (PRI)
110. Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network (PIEN)
111. Palestinian Christians in Australia
112. Pax Christi Australia
113. Pax Christi Victoria
114. Pax Christi Whangarei NZ
115. Peace Action Wellington
116. Peace Movement Aotearoa
117. PEN Melbourne Writers for Peace
118. People for Nuclear Disarmament
119. Peoples Climate Assembly 
120. Permaculture for Refugees
121. Philippine Caucus for Peace (Australia)
122. Psychologists for Peace
123. Public Health Association of Australia
124. Quit Nukes
125. Reanga Taketake
126. Religions for Peace Australia
127. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
128. Renaissance Life Lab - Optimising Your Future 
129. Rising Tide
130. SafeGround
131. SEARCH Foundation
132. Shepparton Interfaith Network
133. Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart
134. Social Empowerment Education Programme
135. Social Responsibilities Commission of the Anglican Diocese of Perth
136. Social Responsibilities Committee, Anglican Church Southern Queensland
137. Solidarity
138. South Coast Labour Council
139. Spirit of Eureka SA
140. Stop AUKUS WA
141. Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends
142. Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition
143. Sydney Peace Foundation
144. Te Ipukarea Society
145. Temple Society Australia 
146. The Australia Institute
147. The Graham F Smith Peace Foundation
148. The Greens NSW
149. The Recollective
150. The Wilderness Society
151. Tomorrow Movement
152. Top End Peace Alliance
153. Truth Not War
154. Unions Shoalhaven
155. Unions Tasmania
156. United Nations Association of Australia
157. United Nations Association of Fiji
158. Uniting Church in Australia
159. Vanuatu Association of Non-Government Organisations (VANGO)
160. Vanuatu Human Rights Coalition 
161. Vanuatu Indigenous Land Defense Desk
162. Vanuatu Young Women for Change 
163. Vote Earth Now
164. Wellspring Community
165. Wollongong Against War and Nukes (WAWAN)
166. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Aotearoa Section
167. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Australia
168. WorldBEYONDWar
169. World Citizens Association of Australia
170. Yarra Climate Action Now (YCAN)

NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN AUSTRALIA

In 2026, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Australia invited Australian and Pacific Island civil society organisations to sign on to the “No Nuclear Weapons in Australia Declaration”. More than 150 organisations are calling on the Albanese government to prohibit the entry, transit or presence of nuclear weapons in Australian territory, waters and airspace, uphold Australia’s commitments to a nuclear weapons-free world, and sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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