Parliament House Visit

Last Friday 17th August, Diversity Captain Shehela and I attended the Deakin Oration at Parliament House, where we were fortunate enough to listen to Dr Tilman Ruff AM, Nobel Peace Prize winner from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN). Dr Ruff spoke about the human, environmental and political impact of Nuclear armaments, and how ICAN worked to establish the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first UN ban on Nuclear weapons to date. Most impactful of all was the clearly demonstrated need for young people to take a stand against Nuclear Weapons, and weapons of mass destruction more broadly, if we wish to prevent the catastrophic consequences of a nuclear war. 

Lilian Gonzalez, Humanities Captain