Australia’s Aukus submarine deal and Japan’s discharge of Fukushima waste makes the issue a priority as leaders gather in Cook Islands
In 1985, then-prime minister Bob Hawke signed Australia up to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga because that was where the deal was finalised.
, Japan’s decision to discharge treated water into the Pacific, the legacy of nuclear testing that remains around many of our Pacific island countries, and also the announcement of things like increased surveillance of nuclear-powered submarines through the Pacific”. The Japanese government points to an International Atomic Energy Agency report that concluded the planned discharge would “have a negligible radiological impact on people and the environment”.
Rabuka said Fiji had benefited from Australia’s economic progress and added: “We do not want to quickly kill that cow.”, an 18-member grouping of 16 Pacific nations, including Australia and New Zealand, and two French territories. – welcomed delegates to the national auditorium for the opening ceremony on Monday night.– is our home. It is our oceans, our lands, our common heritage, and our Pacific people,” Brown told fellow leaders, including the Australian minister for the Pacific, Pat Conroy.
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