Lisa Singh (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senators Wong and McAllister, move:

The Senate:

(a) welcomes the arrival of the Nobel Peace Ride to Canberra at the end of its 900 km bicycle journey from Melbourne;

(b) notes the ride is touring the Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and raising awareness of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons;

(c) acknowledges that civil society and non-government organisations in Australia and internationally who form the global movement to secure a ban on nuclear weapons, including ICAN, do important work; and

(d) recognises that, as a non-nuclear armed nation and a good international citizen, Australia can make a significant contribution to promoting disarmament, the reduction of nuclear stockpiles, and the responsible use of nuclear technology, and has historically done so, including through the Canberra Commission in 1995 and the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND).