Month: July 2026

Media Release 2 2026

Denis Doherty

Nuclear War is closer than ever

30/7/2026

The current two wars in Ukraine and Iran are both possible sites where a nuclear exchange could take place.  Any exchange will not be confined to both these states and radioactive clouds will travel to adjoining states and further afield.  The combatants Russia, Israel and the USA are all nuclear owning states who have the capability to deliver these weapons over thousands of kilometers.  Russia and the USA are the two most nuclearized states in the world.  As well Pakistan is not going to stand by and watch Islamic states being destroyed as well Iran is closely associated with China who have nuclear weapons with sophisticated missiles and technology.

“European countries especially the UK, France and Germany are not in any way intimidated by the fact that Russians have the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world and keep taking steps to provoke Russia with massive assistance to Ukraine to help it to kill Russians.” Said Denis Doherty of the Hiroshima Day Committee Sydney.

“There is no alternative that Ukraine must move for peace and readjust its borders with Russia and accept that it cannot be a member of NATO.  The future demands a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, the alternative of continuous war with help from US and Western intelligence agencies helping with targeting sites deep into the heart of Russia.”

“Voices inside Russia are calling for strikes and nuclear strikes in Europe if the situation continues to go out of control.  What the response to these possible strikes would be, we do not know but the risks are great and the Governments of UK, France and Germany appear not to be very sensible about these issues and is apparently sleeping walking into disaster.”

“Similar problems are arising in the conflict US vs Iran where both US and in a lesser way Israel are nuclear armed.  The volatile nature of Trump’s personality where he has a reputation for disliking any sense of losing.  Israel too has a sense it will use nuclear weapons if it is threatened and feels it has no other alternative.  The recent experience in Israel where it called for help when Iran fired many thousands of missiles into its territory.”

Time for Australia to sign the UN treaty on the prohibition on nuclear weapons (TPNW).

Media Release 1 2026

Denis Doherty

Sydney marks the 81st Anniversary of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings

Media Release: for immediate release

The use of nuclear weapons on two Japanese cities at the end of World War 2 continues to haunt us with the advent of this terrible weapon.  The weapons are so indiscriminate and killing so many civilians at once make these weapons unusable.

This year is the 80th anniversary of the testing of nuclear weapons by the US in the Marshall Islands and reminds us of the massive damage done to First Nations peoples in the Pacific and later in Australia by the British starting in 1952.

The current wars in Ukraine and Iran could both spin out of control and the risks of the use of nuclear weapons in these conflicts are real. 

Australia must sign the UN Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Prime Minister prior to his winning the election promised to sign the treaty but he has not made any moves to do so and we are calling on him and the government do so now in this time of crisis.

Details of the Event

Hiroshima/Nagasaki March and Rally

August 1, 1 pm Meet at the Sydney Town Hall Square and later march to the Defence Plaza 320 Pitt.

Speakers include:

Dr Ruth Mitchell – children’s specialist; Matt Murphy Gen Sec ETU; Ms Abigail Boyd Greens Member of the NSW Legislative Council; Dr Alison Broinowski former Australian Diplomat.