Dimity Hawkins AM
@dhawkoz.bsky.social
Australian activist, ambitious for a nuclear free, peaceful and creative world • Abolish nuclear weapons • 🏳️🌈 • ICAN Australia co-founder & Board member • Nuclear Truth Project Co-Coordinator • Australian Nuclear Free Alliance committee member • and more.
#AUKUS has become the Sisyphus of the #Albanese government - condemned - futile - burdensome - and literally costing the earth. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
Why there's more talk of an AUKUS 'plan B'
Defence industry experts argue Australia should consider how to prevent a naval "capability gap" — or risk being left exposed.
abc.net.au
Check out this fundraiser for First Nations mob to travel to the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) this August "Heading for a Cleaner Future: Transport Support for Nuclear-Affected First Nations Communities" chuffed.org/project/1814...
Heading for a Cleaner Future: Transport Support for Nuclear-Affected First Nations Communities
Please support representatives from nuclear-affected First Nations communities to travel to the annual gathering of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA).
chuffed.org
Nuclear non- proliferation is under threat because of a war being run by nuclear armed states aje.news/iwdqjo
The war on Iran is eroding nuclear non-proliferation
US-Israeli attacks on Iran under the pretext of ending a nuclear weapons programme are damaging confidence in the NPT.
aje.news
stop targeting all humans and nuclear facilities in war. aje.news/ja7aoa
Russia attacks Odesa, claims Ukraine hit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Ukrainian attack on captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant kills one worker, according to managers installed by Russia.
aje.news
Will the war of the US & Israel (both nuclear armed states) against Iran be the undoing of the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty? "To many experts, the NPT’s very survival as a credible mechanism to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons is now at stake." aje.news/547e1g aje.news/547e1g
NPT summit: Can nuclear pact survive US-Israel war on Iran?
Analysts say a review conference is unlikely to halt nuclear powers from continuing to flout the treaty's rules.
aje.news
Today marks 40 years since the disaster of Chornobyl - and still the world watches as the lands can not be remediated and the wreckage of human lives rusts away in tribute to nuclear carelessness www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The eerie abandoned vehicles in Chernobyl's 'dead zone'
A huge armada of vehicles were used to clean-up the radioactive aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster 40 years ago. Many of them still lie rusting inside the exclusion zone.
bbc.com
“Truth is not about blame, it’s about healing”. Travis Lovett will set off today on a 38-day 500km walk from Melbourne to Parliament House in Canberra to call on the Prime Minister to fulfil his promise to support a truth telling process. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Walking for truth: Travis Lovett’s 500km journey to remind Albanese of his promise to create a First Nations truth-telling commission
Former Yoorrook justice commissioner says he wants to start a national discussion on a subject that is often misunderstood by the wider public
theguardian.com
"Every other US ally is busy rethinking decades-long assumptions and plans based on a reliable America. Australia is lonely in resisting admitting anything has changed.” - Michael Shoebridge www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/defence...
Exclusive: Keating’s AUKUS sit-down with the new defence chief
The choice of Mark Hammond signals Labor’s commitment to the subs deal, but his bid to persuade the former prime minister did not go well.
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
When it comes to nuclear weapons, Australians have a right to know – and a right to say No. GetUp and ICAN Australia have a new petition - sign on to tell our government we want no part of US nukes. petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/no... @getup.org.au
No Nuclear Weapons in Australia
When it comes to nuclear weapons, Australians have a right to know – and a right to say No.
petitions.getup.org.au
While New Zealand is not part of the troubled #AUKUS agreement, this article raises the key question - is New Zealand effectively aligning itself with AUKUS in all but name? theconversation.com/is-nz-defenc...
Is NZ defence and intelligence policy aligning with AUKUS in all but name?
NZ appears to be widening its defence and surveillance capabilities across the region, raising questions about strategic alignment, transparency and independence.
theconversation.com
Over the last year we have found ways to remember the events around the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, through our translated protocols, in conversation with intergenerational Hibakusa, a workshop with journalists on our protocols and our protocols in the community #Hiroshima80 #Nagasaki80
Nuclear weapons make fascist game play an existential threat every day. Time to get rid of nukes. Fascism too. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russian president's comments
US President Donald Trump says two nuclear submarines are being deployed in the "appropriate regions".
bbc.com
David Bridie says "We can’t keep handing our creativity, our loyalty and our cash to amoral tech giants who see music as content and war as business. I’d rather earn nothing than profit from destruction." ❤️ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Spotify used to seem like a necessary evil for musicians. Now it just seems evil | David Bridie
I am removing my music from Spotify because I don’t want my songs – some written with survivors of conflict – to enrich people who fund weapons
theguardian.com
The US atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki took place on 6th and 9th August 1945 Next week we mark the 80th year since these events which caused ~250,000 deaths by years end With Hibakusha, we continue to call for a world free of nuclear weapons #Hiroshim80 #Nagasaki80
US nuclear bombs have arrived in Britain. The UK government is ramping up military spending and preparing for war. We’re telling Keir Starmer - don’t build bombs, build a better future. Join CND today: https://cnduk.org/join/
If you haven't seen this photograph or have turned away from it, look again now. Listen to the photographer's story and his plea. Then let all those feelings turn you not away, but to action. We can not leave these children in Gaza/anywhere to die due to our inaction. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
The story behind the photograph of a starving Gaza baby
Photographer Ahmed al-Arini told BBC Newshour he had to catch his breath between each photograph.
bbc.com
🧵More highlights from the Solidarity Tour 👣🫂 On July 17, reps from @nuclearban.bsky.social , @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social & the Marshallese Educational Initiative visited Acoma Pueblo and White Sands as part of the #Trinity80 Anniversary Solidarity Tour in New Mexico. #NuclearBan #NuclearTruth
As the U.S. expands its military footprint across Australia and the Pacific, peace advocates warn that we’re being dragged into a devastating war not of our making. Force Posture, no peace: Calls to cancel Australia’s U.S. military ties ~ Bevan Ramsden independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Force Posture, no peace: Calls to cancel Australia’s U.S. military ties
As the U.S. expands its military footprint across Australia and the Pacific, peace advocates warn that we’re being dragged into a devastating war not of our making.
independentaustralia.net
Beautifully written article by Indigenous affairs reporter Dana Morse detailing the welcome to Country ceremony that opened Australian parliament this week - and a gentle reminder of the fork in the road moment we just passed in the last election www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Smoking ceremony may signal new action on Indigenous affairs
During this term of parliament, the prime minister must show bravery and deliver meaningful change in Indigenous affairs, not culture war flashpoints.
abc.net.au
Having commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear explosion yesterday, today the @nucleartruthproject and @nuclearban begin the last three days of the solidarity tour, visiting Acoma Pueblo, Jackpile uranium mine and Red Water Pond Road community From the cradle to the grave
I have been quietly contemplating the 80th anniversary of Trinity - the first nuclear bomb test All my people who knew that day, or knew the days to come in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have now passed. I begged them to them tell me what they felt and thought when they first learned of nuclear weapons..
This article describes the relationship between australia and the US as "one partner in a marriage demanding that they receive an ironclad commitment that you will never leave them while they strongly reserve the right to walk out whenever they like." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
China love-bombs Australia while US demands to know what we'd do in event of war
We are in an upside-down world now, where our greatest potential geopolitical adversary in our own region is love-bombing us and acting like the "adult" trading partner, while our real ally demands co...
abc.net.au
80 years after the first nuclear weapon test at Trinity, enough is enough. Find below more on what is planned and follow @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social and @nuclearban.bsky.social for updates and insights. #NuclearBan
🧵The Trinity Anniversary Solidarity Tour has officially begun! In New Mexico, representatives from @nucleartruthprj.bsky.social, the Marshallese Educational Initiative and @nuclearban.bsky.social are joining frontline communities for a week of remembrance, resistance, and a shared call for justice.
Representatives from @nuclearban and the Nuclear Truth Project are in New Mexico on a solidarity tour from Sunday 13 to Saturday 20 July for the #Trinity80 anniversary This tour is an opportunity to listen to and learn from those who experienced the beginning of the nuclear era.
🗓️From 13–20 July 2025, join us in New Mexico for Trinity Anniversary Week to listen, learn & stand in solidarity. Follow the journey to learn more. #NuclearBan
2/ The radioactive cloud released from these tests didn’t stop at state lines. Winds carried fallout across New Mexico and beyond exposing thousands to radiation. Many still don’t know they were affected. #Trinity80
🧵80 years ago, the U.S. detonated the first nuclear bomb on colonised First Nations land. No warning. No consent. Just secrecy, suffering, and injustice. #NuclearBan
