Anti-nuke vote ignites debate

Anti-nuke vote ignites debate

PERTH councillors have voted 5–3 to endorse a global appeal urging Australia to sign a United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons — but not without some debate over whether the issue belongs at Town Hall. The motion, moved by councillor Clyde Bevan, marked the 80th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  It also signed the City up to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Cities Appeal, which calls on t…