- Critical time for conference organised by the IPAN and Pacific Peace Network and WILPF
- Gathering of peace activists, scholars, unionists, community leaders from across the Pacific
- Major regional event committed to building a peaceful, nuclear-free and just Pacific.
- Keynote Speakers include
- Dr Amy McQuire, Darumbal woman,
- The Hon. Ralph Regenvanu – Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister
- Mere Tuilau – Fiji ICAN
- Senator David Shoebridge
- Prof Marianne Hanson – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Event Details:
- Saturday 2 August 8.30 – 4.00 pm
- Venue: Qld Nurses and Midwives Union 106 Victoria St, West End
- Register via: HumanitixPacificPeaceConference
- Media Welcome: Please contact Annette Brownlie M: 0431 597256 Pacific Peace Network Convenor/IPAN Chair
On Saturday 2 August 2025, peace activists, scholars, unionists, and community leaders from across the Pacific will gather in Brisbane for the Pacific Peace Conference, a major regional event committed to building a peaceful, nuclear-free and just Pacific.
This year’s conference comes at a critical time. The largest-ever Talisman Sabre military exercise, involving more than 30,000 troops from 19 countries, are being staged across northern Australia—sparking growing concern across the Pacific about escalating militarisation, climate breakdown, and social and economic injustices.
Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the conference will reflect on past atrocities while amplifying calls to do away with systems that threaten peace in the region today.
Participants will listen, learn and engage with prominent Pacific and Australian peace activists to strengthen efforts for demilitarisation, justice and climate action. The program features four major sessions, exploring the geopolitical situation in the Pacific, threats from growing military alliances, nuclear disarmament, and Pacific-led strategies for environmental and social justice.
Registration begins at 8:00 am, with a Welcome to Country by Wayne Wharton, followed by a full day of panels, workshops and performances.
Confirmed speakers include:
- The Hon. Ralph Regenvanu – Vanuatu Climate Change Minister
- Mere Tuilau – Fiji ICAN
- Sheila Babauta – Former legislator, Northern Mariana Islands
- Senator David Shoebridge
- Dr Amy McQuire Darumbal woman
- Uncle Wayne ‘Coco’ Wharton
- Remah Naji – Palestine and Human Rights activist
- Alexia Fuentes- Philippine peace BAYAN
- Prof Marianne Hanson – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
- Prof Donna Weeks – Japan Peace Studies
- Elliot Darcy – Labor Against War
- Alison Broinowski – World Beyond War
The conference is supported by: Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN), Pacific Peace Network, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU), Just Peace Qld, World Beyond War, and the International Peace Bureau (IPB) UNAAQ
For further information, contact Annette Brownlie Pacific Peace Network Convenor/IPAN Chair M: 0431597256
Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN)
PO Box 573 Coorparoo Brisbane Qld Australia 4151
ipan.australia@gmail.com www.ipan.org.au