Making Waves in Hobart
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Making Waves features the powerful tales of nuclear survivors from Japan and Australia, travelling aboard Peace Boat’s voyage to Australia from 24 January – 6 February 2018.
The Governments of both countries have not yet signed the new nuclear weapons ban treaty. Inspiring civil society movements are demanding their leaders reject these weapons of mass destruction and abide by the new international legal norm.
Join the discussion.
The Governments of both countries have not yet signed the new nuclear weapons ban treaty. Inspiring civil society movements are demanding their leaders reject these weapons of mass destruction and abide by the new international legal norm.
Join the discussion.
Speakers include:
- Tanaka Terumi, survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
- Hasegawa Hanako and Hasegawa Kenichi, former dairy farmers evacuated from Itate village, Fukushima
- Senator Lisa Singh, Australian Labor Party
- Karina Lester, Yankunytjatjara-Anangu second-generation nuclear test survivor
- Scott Ludlam, former federal Senator and ICAN Ambassador
Hosted by Peace Boat, the Australia Institute, the Medical Association for Prevention of War and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
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If wet weather, the event will be held inside Parliament House.
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