Civil society statement for the 70th anniversary of the first mainland nuclear test in Australia from ICAN 70 years ago on 15 October 1953 the first nuclear weapon tested on mainland Australia was detonated at Emu Field, south of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands of South Australia, as part of Operation Totem. No consent was sought or given by …

by Ruth Russell This speech was presented by Ruth Russell at WILPF’s conference celebrating the 5th anniversary of adoption of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons I am happy to be invited to share with you our international project “Reaching Critical Will” to rid the world of nuclear weapons.’ First I will give you a brief …