MAPW unequivocally opposes any moves that will escalate tensions, and we call on our government to resist a slide to war.
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Peak health professionals support MAPW call for Australia to sign the nuclear weapons ban treaty
Peak health organisations, representing hundreds of thousands of members, have signed on to a call for Australia to commit to signing the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Are they in safe hands?
It is far from reassuring to hear President Trump proclaim that he and Putin control more than 90 per cent of the world’s nuclear weapons. These weapons constitute a major hazard to world peace and health. Are they in safe hands? It is time for Australian politicians to reconsider our decision not to sign the […]
Hobart Mercury – Letter by MAPW member, Dr Jennifer Bond
Published by the Hobart Mercury, 8th February 2018 Last Friday the Peace Boat brought survivors to Hobart to describe their ordeals and ask us to help. Tanaka, a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 by U.S atomic bombs, described the enormous, instant, long lasting destruction of people and land. A farmer whose family […]
Making waves on journey to nuclear treaty – by Sally Attrill, Convenor MAPW Tasmania
Published by the Hobart Mercury,31 January 2018 This is the 96th voyage of the ‘Peace Boat’, since its first trip in 1983. During that time it has visited over 120 ports in more than 80 countries. The current ship, the Ocean Dream, carries 800-1000 passengers on a different type of cruise to normal. During the […]
MAKING WAVES – ICAN & PEACE BOAT speaking tour comes to Tasmania
Friday 2 February 12:30-2pm Parliament Lawns, Salamanca Place. In the event of wet weather, we will move the event into Parliament House. Free event. Register here. Speakers: Senator Lisa Singh Miyake Nobuo Kenichi Hasegawa Karina Lester Scott Ludlam MC: Leanne Minshull, The Australia Institute. Hosted by Peace Boat, the Australia Institute, the Medical Association for […]