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Tilman Ruff visits Moscow for the ICNND meeting

Written 25/06/2009

THURSDAY 25 JUNE 2009. MAPW Vice-President Associate Professor Tilman Ruff visited Moscow for the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament,  initiated by the Japanese and Australian governments.

British court ruling sparks debate on veterans' rights

Written 17/06/2009

The UK High Court ruling in favour of nuclear veterans (see earlier story) has rekindled debate about recognition and compensation for the survivors of nuclear testing around the world.

MAPW: Defence policy ignores public opinion

Written 17/06/2009

An MAPW analysis of community submissions on the 2009 Defence White Paper confirms that the report on these submissions ignored a widespread call for peace-making to take priority over military approaches to Australia's security.

World military expenditures in 2008 were more than US $1.46 trillion

Written 11/06/2009

THURSDAY 11 JUNE. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRIi), world military expenditures in 2008 were more than US $1.46 trillion, with the US spending $607 billion, or 41.5% of the total. China moved up to second place, with $84.9 billion (5.8%). Those two, along with France, the UK, Russia, Germany, Japan, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and India, in that order, comprise the top ten military spenders as a percentage of GDP.

London: Court case victory for UK and Pacific nuclear veterans

Written 10/06/2009

Court victory another step in nuclear veterans' lengthy compensation battle

Over 20,000 British, Fijian, New Zealand and Australian military personnel witnessed Britain's nuclear testing program in Australia and the Pacific between 1952 and 1958.

Defence Minister Fitzgibbon and conflict of interest

Written 09/06/2009

Following the resignation of Joel Fitzgibbon as Defence Minister, this letter from MAPW EO Nancy Atkin was published in the The Age:

Joel Fitzgibbon has stood down over conflicts of interest. But his failure to understand such conflicts was already clear in the Minister’s handling of the Defence White Paper process.

MAPW urges support for Cluster Bomb treaty

Written 02/06/2009

MAPW has marked the Global Week of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs by urging three countries in our region to take action to help eradicate the scourge of cluster munitions.

Vale Sir William Refshauge, MAPW Patron

Written 01/06/2009

MAPW placed the following notice in the Canberra Times on 2 June 2009.

The continous threat of nuclear weapons

Written 28/05/2009

28 MAY 2009. Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser adressed the National Consultative Committee on Disarmament Conference in Wellington last weekend, talking about issues of nuclear arms possession and the impossibility of differentiating between nuclear weapons for use and those for deterence.

North Korea and the possibilty of a nuclear free world

Written 28/05/2009

28 MAY 2009. North Korea's nuclear tests brought the political world to a halt and caused concerns about the possession and complete abolition of nuclear arms. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published a series of articles on the North Korean tests, including the possibility of a world without any nuclear weapons and what implications it would have if complete abolition were to occur.