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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Australia must play an active role in ending nuclear arms race, cross-party MPs urge

Prime minister, Anthony Albanese
MPs say joining the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons is a chance for Australia to stand with its neighbours in south-east Asia and the Pacific. Photograph: Scott Radford-Chisholm/AAP

Australian MPs from across the political spectrum have called on the Albanese government to join a landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons, declaring that the weapons “fundamentally undermine our peace and humanity”.

In a statement provided to Guardian Australia, a cross-party group of MPs warned of “escalating nuclear threats and provocations from nuclear-armed states” and said Australia must play an active role to end the nuclear arms race.

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