Contributors
Tim Wright

Tim Wright is Asia-Pacific Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a global coalition of non-government organisations. He has represented the campaign at meetings of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and UN General Assembly, as well as three intergovernmental conferences on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. Prior to joining ICAN, he worked for Liberty Victoria and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Democrats. He has degrees in Arts and Law (Honours) from the University of Melbourne.
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31 May 2017 11:21Should Australia join this treaty, it would need to end its claimed reliance on the US nuclear umbrella.
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23 Mar 2017 10:47Australia’s argument that the proposed treaty would be ineffective is simply a cover for its true – and rarely stated – reason for opposing the ban.
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17 Jun 2016 12:37A global prohibition on nuclear weapons might seem improbable given current geopolitical realities.